Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2211

State ownership of every immovable property having no owner. Art. 878, Civil Code. Its application to land that no individual had previously owned before the date this Code came into force through any means of acquiring ownership, including possession. Establishment that the immovable property had previously been acquired by long acquisitive prescription before that date. It remains owned by the possessor. Fifteen years of possession had not elapsed when the Code came 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.