Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2996

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

English translation of the principle

The mortgagee. His reliance on his good faith. Its condition. The mortgaged property must be owned by the debtor. - Sale with a right of redemption. What is required therein. The seller’s retention of the right to recover the property sold in return for repayment of the price. The legislature’s adoption of the practice prevailing before issuance of the Civil Code of treating the contract as a loan secured by a possessory pledge and applying the provisions governing possessory pledges to it without regard to the procedures imposed by law for the seller’s protection.
Arabic original
الدائن المرتهن. اعتصامه بحسن نيته. شرطه. أن يكون العقار المرهون مملوكاً للمدين. - بيع الوفاء. ما يشترط فيه. احتفاظ البائع بحق استرداد المبيع مقابل رد الثمن. أخذ المشرع بما يجري عليه العمل وقبل صدور القانون المدني من اعتبار العقد قرضاً مضموناً برهن حيازي وسريان أحكام الرهن الحيازي عليه دون مراعاة للإجراءات التي فرضها القانون حماية للبائع.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٢٣٨/٢٠٠٦ تجاري جلسة ٢٢/٦/٢٠٠٨ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٦ ج ٢ ص ٢٩٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 585.

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