Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4302

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

English translation of the principle

Agreement by the co-owners on partition of enjoyment of the benefits of jointly owned property. Permissible. Failure to reach this agreement. Its effect. The court may, at the request of one of them, order this partition. - The scope of the right of habitation is determined by the extent of the needs of the right-holder and his family for their own personal use. Assessment of the need or its being exceeded. Within the authority of the court of merits.
Arabic original
اتفاق الشركاء على قسمة المهايأة لمنافع المال الشائع. جائز. تعذر هذا الاتفاق. أثره. للمحكمة بناء على طلب أحدهم أن تأمر بهذه القسمة. - حق السكني يتحدد نطاقه بمقدار حاجة صاحب الحق هو وأسرته لخاصة أنفسهم. تقدير الحاجة أو تجاوزها. من سلطة محكمة الموضوع.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥٦/٨٨ مدني جلسة ٢٩/٥/١٩٨٩ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الثالث ص ٤٨٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 847.

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