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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 244 of Personal Status Law

English translation

a - If the bequest the specified person, or the group, is invalid, the bequeathed property shall revert to the estate. b - If the remaining bequests and that in respect of which the bequest is invalid exceed one-third, the one-third shall be distributed among the legatees and the heirs in proportion to the remaining bequests and that in respect of which the bequest is invalid.
Arabic original
أ- إذا بطلت الوصية المعين ، او الجماعة ، عاد الموصي به الى التركة. ب - إذا زاد باقي الوصايا ، وما بطلت فيه الوصية على الثلث ، وزع الثلث على الموصي لهم والورثة ، بنسبة باقي الوصايا وما بطلت فيه الوصية .

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