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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 249 of Personal Status Law

English translation

If the debt does not exhaust the estate, and all or part of it is satisfied from the bequeathed property, the legatee may have recourse for the amount of the debt satisfied, within the limit of one-third of the remainder of the estate after payment of the debt.
Arabic original
إذا كان الدين غير مستغرق ، واستوفى كله او بعضه من الموصي به ، كان للموصي له ان يرجع بقدر الدين المستوفى في حدود ثلث الباقي من التركة بعد وفاء الدين .

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