Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4276

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

English translation of the principle

Undivided property that cannot be partitioned in kind or whose partition would substantially diminish its value. It must be partitioned by liquidation through sale at public auction and division of the price at which the auction is awarded among the co-owners, each in proportion to his share in the undivided property.
Arabic original
المال الشائع الذي لا يمكن قسمته عينا أو كان من شأن قسمته نقص قيمته نقصاً كبيراً. وجوب قسمته بطريق التصفية بالبيع بالمزاد العلني وقسمة الثمن الذي يرسو به المزاد على الشركاء كل بنسبة حصته في المال الشائع.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٢٠٨، ٢١٥/٢٠٠٣ مدني جلسة ٤/٤/٢٠٠٥ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثامن ص ١٥٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 840.

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