Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 891

An administrative decision. Its nature. It is that by which the administration expresses its binding will, by virtue of its authority, to produce a particular legal effect whenever this is legally possible and permissible and is motivated by a public interest. - An administrative decision. What distinguishes it from acts of the administration. - Understanding the acts or decisions issued by the administrative authority and giving them their true legal characterization. Within the power of the court of merits. It is not bound in this respect by the descriptions assigned to them by the litigants. The reason - 530 - Civil Procedure therefor: characterization turns on the substance and purpose of the act, not its wording and form.