Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 967
State of Kuwait · Pleadings — Part One · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office
English translation of the principle
A gift is a financial contract whose rules the legislature derived from Islamic jurisprudence without adhering to a particular school. Regulation of the provisions governing the gift contract in the Civil Code after excluding it from personal status. Its implication: jurisdiction to hear disputes relating thereto vests in the civil circuits at all levels of litigation.
Arabic original
الهبة عقد مالي استمد المشرع أحكامها من الفقه الإسلامي دون التقيد بمذهب معين. تنظيم أحكام عقد الهبة في القانون المدني بعد استبعادها من الأحوال الشخصية. مؤداه: الاختصاص بنظر المنازعات المتعلقة بها ينعقد للدوائر المدنية في جميع درجات التقاضي.Original Arabic judgment citations
(الطعن ٥٣٦/٢٠٠٣ مدني جلسة ٢١/١١/٢٠٠٥ مج القسم الخامس المجلد الثاني ص ٣٦٠)
Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part One — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 550. PDF pages: 544.
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