Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2134

State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 10 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Real estate registration. A personal system conducted according to names, not according to properties, and it has no complete probative force - 397 - Obligation in itself. Its implication. It does not validate void contracts, nor does it complete deficient contracts or make a seller who is not an owner into an owner. Example.
Arabic original
التسجيل العقاري. نظام شخصي يجرى وفقاً للأسماء لا بحسب العقارات وليست له حجية كاملة - ٣٩٧ - التزام في ذاته. مؤداه. عدم تصحيحه العقود الباطلة كما أنه لا يكمل العقود الناقصة أو يجعل من البائع غير المالك مالكاً. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٧، ٨/٢٠٠٥ مدني جلسة ٣٠/٥/٢٠٠٥ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الرابع ص ٢٤٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 397. PDF pages: 397–398.

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