Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4461

The distinction between property publicly owned by the State and its private property. Its criterion: dedication of the former to public benefit. Houses allocated for housing welfare are part of the State's private property. The effect thereof: ownership may be transferred to the person to whom they were allocated. - The State's private property. Its subjection to private law. The implication thereof: any co-owner in undivided ownership—in a government house whose ownership has been transferred to the person to whom it was allocated—may apply to the court for its partition in kind or by liquidation. Article 836, Civil Code. An example. - 877 - Ownership