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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 255 of Jaafari Personal Status Law

English translation

Wills are of two types: 1- A dispositive will: a will conferring ownership or an exclusive right, whereby a person assigns something of his property or rights to another after his death. 2- A directive will: a will appointing a person to an office, whereby a person entrusts someone, after his death, with handling a matter relating to himself or to another.
Arabic original
الوصية قسمان: ١- الوصية التمليكية : هي وصية بالملك أو الاختصاص بـأن يجعـل الشخص شيئا مما له من مال أو حق لغيره بعد وفاته. ٢- الوصية العهدية : هي وصية بالتولية بأن يعـهـد الشـخص بتولي أحد بعد وفاته أمرا يتعلق به أو بغيره .

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