Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4449

Property that becomes public property merely by being allocated for public benefit. Among property owned by the State or public juridical persons. Property of individuals. It does not acquire the status of public property merely by being allocated for public benefit. The State must first acquire ownership of it by any means of acquiring ownership. The State's failure to acquire ownership and the expiry of the statutory period regarded as a presumption of ownership, without an expropriation decision, a final judgment awarding compensation, or its actual allocation for public benefit. Import thereof. The property remains owned by its owner.