Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2484

Assessment of the value of the action by reference to the value of all claims submitted therein arising from a single legal cause. Meaning of a single legal cause. - The legal cause of a claim for dower and a wife's maintenance is the valid marriage contract. The action is valued at their combined value. Continuing maintenance is of unascertained value. Judgments awarding it may be appealed regardless of its amount. Consequence: the dower awarded may be appealed regardless of its value so long as it was claimed together with maintenance. The judgment's departure from this. An error in the application of the law requiring its partial cassation.