Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4153

The legislature prohibited, as a general rule, taking possession of State property with the intention of acquiring ownership thereof or disposing of it by sale, gift, or will. However, as an exception to this rule, it prescribed special grants to claimants of ownership, subject to certain conditions. The implication thereof. Ascertainment of possession and its manifestations and assessment of the evidence in the action. Within the authority of the court of merits. It has the authority to rely on such evidence in the action as it finds reassuring. - 811 - Ownership - The probative force of aerial photographs taken or being taken by the State does not affect the authority of the court of merits to ascertain the meaning of the contents of those photographs, as matters of fact.