Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2193

Transfer of ownership of real estate. Its deferral until registration has occurred and from its date. Its effect. Registration is decisive. Its consequence. Priority of the registered contract over the earlier private contract. - Action for the validity and enforceability of a sale contract. Its purpose. Specific performance of the seller's obligations to transfer ownership of the thing sold and obtaining a judgment whose registration takes the place of registration of the contract in transferring ownership. Its consequence. Granting the buyer's request. Its condition. That transfer of ownership to the buyer and registration of the judgment to be rendered are possible. - The seller's disposal of the property sold to another under a registered contract before judgment is rendered. Its effect. The buyer's request for the validity and enforceability of the purchase contract is not granted.