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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 301 of Jaafari Personal Status Law

English translation

If there are multiple bequests, some of which are obligatory but are not payable out of the principal estate and some of which are gratuitous, and the third is insufficient for all of them, and the heirs do not authorize what exceeds the third, the obligatory bequests shall take precedence.
Arabic original
إذا تعددت الوصايا وكان بعضها واجبا لا يخرج من الأصل وبعضها تبرعية ولم يف الثلث بالجميع ولم يجز الورثة ما زاد على الثلث قدم الواجب.

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