Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2600

Laws relating to limitation. They apply from their effective date to every limitation period not completed. The old law governs the portion of the limitation period that ran under it with regard to determining the moment it began, how it is calculated, and any grounds for interruption or suspension affecting it. - Barring the hearing of an action. The period required for it, as a general rule, is 15 years. - The defence that an action may not be heard by lapse of time. Its application to an ownership action. Its condition: the owner's abandonment of it for 15 years while its basis exists, namely another's possession of it and denial of its owner's right. Article 1660 of the Majalla of Judicial Provisions. - The excuse preventing the hearing of an action by lapse of time. It is one of the legally recognized excuses. Their nature. Excuses not reaching that degree of hardship. They are not considered an excuse preventing the running of the limitation period.