Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4602

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

English translation of the principle

The administration's seizure of immovable property to allocate it for public benefit without undertaking expropriation procedures. Usurpation. Its effect. Its liability for compensation and the non-transfer of ownership of the immovable property to it.
Arabic original
استيلاء الإدارة على عقار لتخصيصه للمنفعة العامة دون اتخاذها إجراءات نزع الملكية. غصب. أثره. مسئوليتها عن التعويض وعدم نقل ملكية العقار إليها.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٩٤/٢٠٠٠ مدني جلسة ٥/٢/٢٠٠١ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الثاني ص ١٣٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 907.

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