Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3832

The judge’s ratification of a settlement. A purely non-contentious judicial act. Its exclusion from the scope of judicial judgments. The reason for this. - Recourse to the Court of First Instance for an order enforcing judgments and orders issued in a foreign state. Its restriction to judgments and orders, to the exclusion of anything else. Article 199 of the Code of Procedure. Settlement records ratified by courts. They are not considered such. Article 190 of the Code of Procedure. The effect. Enforcement thereof in the State of Kuwait is requested by a petition submitted to the Director of the Enforcement Department. Its condition. Without prejudice to the provisions of treaties between the State of Kuwait and other states. Article 203 of the Code of Procedure. - The Agreement on Legal and Judicial Cooperation with the Arab Republic of Egypt. It must be applied to settlement records whose enforcement is sought in the State of Kuwait. The effect. They may be enforced in accordance with the procedures followed for enforcing judicial judgments, as enforceable instruments. The condition for this. An example.