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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 16 of Civil Code

English translation

1 - Direct kinship is the relationship between ascendants and descendants. 2 - Collateral kinship is the relationship between persons sharing a common ascendant without either being a descendant of the other.
Arabic original
١ - القرابة المباشرة هي الصلة بين الأصول والفروع. ۲ - وقرابة الحواشي هي الصلة بين من يجمعهم أصل مشترك دون أن يكون أحدهم فرعا للآخر.

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