Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 492

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

English translation of the principle

Real estate registration. A personal system conducted according to names, not according to properties, and it does not in itself possess full evidentiary authority. Its implication. It does not cure void contracts, nor does it complete incomplete contracts or make a seller who is not an owner into an owner. Example.
Arabic original
التسجيل العقاري. نظام شخصي يجرى وفقاً للأسماء لا بحسب العقارات وليست له حجية كاملة في ذاته. مؤداه. عدم تصحيحه العقود الباطلة كما أنه لا يكمل العقود الناقصة أو يجعل من البائع غير المالك مالكاً. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٨٠٧/٢٠٠٥ مدني جلسة ٣٠/٥/٢٠٠٥ مج القسم الخامس المجلد الرابع ص٢٤٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 99. PDF pages: 96.

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