Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4398

Fruits belong to the owner or the person having a right of usufruct over the thing. - Mesne profits are compensation to the owner of usurped real property for the fruits of which he was deprived. The obligation of the perpetrator of the unlawful act of usurpation to pay mesne profits. Its import. Recourse may be had against the usurper without the non-registration of the owner's or usufructuary's contract being raised against him pursuant to Article 7 of the Real Estate Registration Law. The basis thereof: the restriction in this Article applies to ownership of real property, not personal rights. Contravention thereof. Error in the application of the law requiring cassation of the judgment. - 864 - Ownership