Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3129

The establishment of a legal presumption concerning a gift contract as a disposition effective after death, and the application of the rules on wills to it. Its condition: that it be in favour of one of the disposer’s heirs, with the latter retaining possession of the property constituting its subject matter for his lifetime for enjoyment thereof, pursuant to a legal right entitling him to do so. Its effect: the absence of that presumption, and it may be rebutted by proof to the contrary. Example.