Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4471

The State's ownership of all ownerless real estate. Art. 878, Civil Code. Its application to land that no individual had previously owned before the date this Law came into force, by any means of acquiring ownership, including possession. Proof that ownership of the real estate had previously been acquired by long acquisitive prescription before that date. It remains owned by the possessor. Fifteen years of possession not having elapsed when the Law came into force. Its effect. The possessor may not rely on acquisition of ownership by prescription even if he completes the period after its entry into force.