Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 886

An administrative decision is that by which the administrative authority expresses its binding will, pursuant to its powers under laws and regulations, with the intention of producing a particular legal effect, whenever that is possible and legally permissible and is motivated by a public interest. Its distinction from acts of the administration falling outside the jurisdiction of the administrative circuit having subject-matter jurisdiction over administrative disputes. The court of merits has the power to understand and distinguish this, without being bound by the descriptions and designations used by the litigants.