Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 468

State of Kuwait · Pleadings — Part Two · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The obligation to register real-property ownership actions concerning a real right in immovable property. Importance thereof: preserving the claimant’s right upon judgment in his favour therein and annotation of that judgment in the margin of the registration of the statement of claim. Its effect. The judgment relates back to the day of registration of the statement of claim and is deemed authoritative, from the date that registration occurred, against persons who acquired real rights over the property from the same transferor.
Arabic original
وجوب تسجيل دعاوى الملكية العقارية على حق عيني عقاري. أهمية ذلك: حفظ حق رافعها عند الحكم له فيها والتأشير بهذا الحكم على هامش تسجيل الصحيفة. أثره. انسحاب الحكم إلى يوم تسجيل الصحيفة واعتباره حجة من تاريخ وقوعه على من ترتبت لهم حقوق عينية من نفس المتصرف على العقار.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٤١/١٩٩٨ مدني جلسة ١٠/٥/١٩٩٩ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الثالث ص١٩٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 95. PDF pages: 92.

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