Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4155

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

English translation of the principle

Possession of real estate satisfying its legal conditions is a legal presumption of the possessor's ownership. The successor may add his period of possession of the real estate to his predecessor's period of possession to complete the statutory period for treating his possession as such. - Establishing possession of real estate and assessing the evidence in the case. Questions of fact. Its condition.
Arabic original
حيازة العقار مستوفيا شرائطه القانونية قرينة قانونية على ملكية الحائز. للخلف أن يضم مدة وضع يده على العقار لمدة وضع يد سلفه لاستكمال المدة القانونية لإعتبار حيازته كذلك. - تحصيل وضع اليد على العقار وتقدير أدلة الدعوى. من مسائل الواقع. شرطه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٧/١٩٩٥ مدني جلسة ٤/١١/١٩٩٦ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثالث ص ٧٣٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 812.

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