Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2044

State ownership of every ownerless immovable property. Article 878, Civil Code. Its application to land that no individual had previously owned before the effective date of this Code by any means of acquiring ownership, including possession. Establishment that the property had previously been acquired by long acquisitive prescription before that date. It remains owned by the possessor. Failure of 15 years of possession to have elapsed when the Code entered into force. Its effect. The possessor may not rely on acquisition of ownership by prescription even if he completes the period after its entry into force.