Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4294

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

English translation of the principle

A co-owner in common has the right to take whatever is necessary to preserve the thing held in common without needing the consent of the other co-owners. This applies equally whether the acts of preservation are physical acts or legal procedures and dispositions. Such acts are not subject to the rules governing acts of management requiring a majority. The co-owner may undertake them alone for the account of all co-owners by operation of law. Its implication. Recourse against each of them for his share of the expenditure. - A co-owner in common has the right to claim the yield of his share in real property held in common during the continuance of common ownership against any co-owner proven to have enjoyed that share, in proportion to such enjoyment.
Arabic original
للشريك على الشيوع الحق في اتخاذ ما يلزم لحفظ الشيء الشائع دون حاجة إلى موافقة باقي الشركاء. يستوي أن تكون أعمال الحفظ مادية أو بإجراءات وتصرفات قانونية. عدم خضوع تلك الأعمال للقواعد الخاصة بأعمال الإدارة من ضرورة توافر الأغلبية. للشريك أن يقوم بها وحدة لحساب الشركاء جميعاً بحكم القانون. مؤداه. الرجوع على كل منهم بحصته فيما أنفق. - للشريك على الشيوع الحق في طلب ريع حصته في العقار الشائع أثناء قيام الشيوع في حق من يثبت من الشركاء أنه كان منتفعاً بهذه الحصة وبنسبة هذا الانتفاع.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥٧٧/٢٠٠٦ مدني جلسة ٩/٦/٢٠١٠ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٨ ج ٢ ص ٣٤٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 845.

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