Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3142

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

English translation of the principle

A gift is a financial contract whose rules the legislature derived from Islamic jurisprudence without adhering to a particular school. Regulation of the provisions governing the gift contract in the Civil Code after excluding it from personal status. Its implication: jurisdiction to hear disputes relating thereto vests in the civil circuits at all levels of litigation.
Arabic original
الهبة عقد مالي استمد المشرع أحكامها من الفقه الإسلامي دون التقيد بمذهب معين. تنظيم أحكام عقد الهبة في القانون المدني بعد استبعادها من الأحوال الشخصية. مؤداه: الاختصاص بنظر المنازعات المتعلقة بها ينعقد للدوائر المدنية في جميع درجات التقاضي.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥٣٦/٢٠٠٣ مدني جلسة ٢١/١١/٢٠٠٥ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الحادي عشر ص ٥٥٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 613.

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