Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2871

State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 11 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Possession of immovable property satisfying its legal conditions for fifteen years. It is considered a legal presumption of the possessor's ownership. The successor may tack the period of his predecessor's possession of the property to his own period of possession to complete the legally prescribed period.
Arabic original
حيازة العقار مستوفاة لشرائطها القانونية لمدة خمس عشرة سنة. اعتبارها قرينة قانونية على ملكية الحائز. يجوز للخلف أن يضم مدة وضع يد سلفه على العقار إلى مدة وضع يده لاستكمال المدة المقررة قانوناً.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعون ١١٨، ١٣٤، ١٣٨/٢٠٠٧ مدني جلسة ٤/٢/٢٠٠٩ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٧ ج ١ ص ٣٥٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 558.

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