Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3863
State of Kuwait · Pleadings — Part Three · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office
English translation of the principle
The debtor’s assets. The general rule is that they may be attached except for what is exempted by a special provision. - The private dwelling necessary for the residence of the Kuwaiti debtor and his family may not be attached. The dwelling is considered necessary if it is a government house or its equivalent. The area of the land on which the private dwelling is erected exceeding one thousand square metres. Its effect. Removal of the prohibition and validity of attachment of it. - Enforcement against the debtor’s assets:-
Arabic original
أموال المدين. الأصل جواز توقيع الحجز عليها إلا ما استثني بنص خاص. - عدم جواز الحجز على السكن الخاص اللازم لإقامة المدين الكويتي وأسرته. اعتبار السكن لازماً إذا كان من البيوت الحكومية أو ما يماثلها. زيادة مساحة الأرض التي أقيم عليها المسكن الخاص عن ألف متر مربع. أثره. زوال الحظر وصحة توقيع الحجز عليه. - التنفيذ على أموال المدين:-Original Arabic judgment citations
(الطعن ٢٩٦/٢٠٠١ مدني جلسة ١١/٢/٢٠٠٢ مج القسم الخامس المجلد الخامس ص٥٢٧)
Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 671. PDF pages: 668.
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