Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4457

Obtaining a title deed. Its condition. That the land be within the city improvement plan or directly adjoining the houses of one of the known villages. Application of the provisions governing private ownership to these lands. - Direct adjacency to village houses within the meaning of the Amiri Order issued on 23/1/56. What is meant thereby. Continuous contiguity with the village houses, without an intervening separation of a different kind. - Aerial photographs taken by the State. Conclusive evidence against all persons of what they indicate. Courts’ obligation to abide by what they disclose - 876 - Ownership concerning the presence or absence of manifestations of possession in disputes between individuals and the State over land ownership. Inadmissibility of relying on other evidence to negate this evidentiary force. Application thereof to disputes pending at the time Law 114 of 1968 was issued in which no final judgment had been rendered. Articles 1 and 2 of the said Law. - Ascertaining the true nature of the signs and manifestations of possession contained in aerial photographs and assessing their significance. Within the authority of the court of merits. Example.