Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3978

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

English translation of the principle

Every right in rem over immovable property, whether a principal right in rem such as ownership or an accessory right in rem such as a registered mortgage, is regarded as immovable property. These rights in rem over immovable property are transferred only by registration, and attachment thereof follows the procedures for attaching immovable property. Other rights that are not rights in rem, and rights in rem over movable property. A creditor whose debt is established and due may attach such rights belonging to his debtor in the hands of third parties through the procedures prescribed for attachment of the debtor's assets in the hands of third parties pursuant to Articles 227, 228 of the Procedure Law. Example.
Arabic original
كل حق عيني يقع على عقار سواء كان هذا الحق عينياً أصلياً كحق الملكية أو كان حقاً عينياً تبعياً كالرهن الرسمي يعتبر عقاراً. عدم انتقال هذه الحقوق العينية التي تقع علي العقار إلا بالتسجيل ويتبع بشأن الحجز عليها إجراءات الحجز علي العقار. الحقوق الأخرى غير العينية والحقوق العينية التي ترد علي منقول. يجوز للدائن بدين محقق الوجود حال الأداء أن يحجز علي ما يكون لمدينه منها لدى الغير بالإجراءات المقررة لحجز ما للمدين لدى الغير وفقاً للمادتين ٢٢٧، ٢٢٨ مرافعات. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٩٠٧/٢٠٠٥ تجاري جلسة ٢٩/١/٢٠٠٨ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٦ ج١ ص١٠٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 696. PDF pages: 693.

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