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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 251 of Personal Status Law

English translation

If the bequest is of the equivalent of the share of an unspecified heir among the testator's heirs, the legatee shall be entitled to the share of one of them in addition to the prescribed allotment if the shares are equal, and to the share of the one with the smallest share in addition to the prescribed allotment if the shares are unequal.
Arabic original
إذا كانت الوصية بمثل نصيب وارث غير معين من ورثة الموصي استحق الموصي له نصيب أحدهم زائدا على الفريضة ان كانت السهام متساوية ، ونصيب اقلهم سها ما زائدا على الفريضة ان كانت السهام متفاوتة .

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