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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 222 of Personal Status Law

English translation

The subject matter of a bequest must: a- Be something capable of being inherited, or capable of being the subject of a contract during the testator's lifetime. b- Have legally recognized value according to the testator and the legatee, if it is property. c- Exist in the testator's ownership at the time of the bequest if it is individually specified, with due regard to paragraph a of Article 216.
Arabic original
يشترط في الموصي به : أ - ان يكون مما يجري فيه الارث ، او يصح ان يكون محلا للتعاقد حال حياة الموصي. ب - ان يكون متقوما عند الموصي والموصي له ان كان مالا . ج - ان يكون موجودا عند الوصية في ملك الموصي ان كان معينا بالذات ، مع مراعاة الفقرة أ من المادة ٢١٦.

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