Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3153

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

English translation of the principle

The general rule for gifts is that revocation is impermissible, except for a gift by parents to their child. Exception: the donor bases revocation on an acceptable excuse and judicial permission for it is issued. Its condition. Absence of any impediment to revocation, including a gift by one spouse to the other while the marriage subsists. Articles 537, 538, 539/b of the Civil Code.
Arabic original
الأصل في الهبة هو عدم جواز الرجوع فيها عدا هبة الوالدين لولدهما. الاستثناء: استناد الواهب في الرجوع إلى عذر مقبول وأن يصدر إذن من القضاء به. شرطه. عدم توافر مانع من موانع الرجوع ومنها هبة أحد الزوجين للآخر ما دامت الزوجية قائمة. المواد ٥٣٧، ٥٣٨، ٥٣٩/ب مدني.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٨٢٩/٢٠٠٧ مدني جلسة ١٢/٤/٢٠٠٩ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٧ ج ٢ ص ٥١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 616.

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