Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4523

State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 11 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Impermissibility of attachment of the private residence of the Kuwaiti debtor and his family. The condition for this. That he occupied it before the debt arose. Exceptions thereto. - The appellant's assertion that the mortgaged property may not be subject to a mortgage and that the mortgage is void. The judgment ruling otherwise. A violation of law and an error in its application requiring its cassation. An example.
Arabic original
عدم جواز الحجز على السكن الخاص بالمدين الكويتي وأسرته. شرط ذلك. أن يكون شاغلاً له قبل نشأة الدين. ما يستثنى من ذلك. - تمسك الطاعن بأن العقار المرهون لا يجوز أن يكون محلاً للرهن وبطلان الرهن. قضاء الحكم بالمخالفة لذلك. مخالفة للقانون وخطأ في تطبيقه يوجب تمييزه. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٠٣/٩٧ تجاري جلسة ٢١/٦/١٩٩٩ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الخامس ص ٦٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 891.

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