Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4167

Possession while the Majalla of Judicial Provisions was in force. When it is considered a Sharia and legal presumption of ownership. The appellant’s possession of the property for seven years does not complete the prescribed period. - The Civil Code provision that no account is taken of possession by third parties of property belonging to the State or public legal persons. The effect of this. And its basis. - The judgment’s conclusion rejecting the appellant’s defence based on his ownership of the disputed house because the legal period of his possession under the Majalla of Judicial Provisions had not been completed, and also because the property belonged to the State, in respect of which possession is not recognized. This excludes any error in the application of the law.