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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 259 of Personal Status Law

English translation

a- If the bequest is of an undivided share in a type of the testator's property, and that property perishes or is adjudged to belong to another, the legatee shall receive nothing. b - If part of it perishes or is adjudged to belong to another, he shall have only his share in the remainder if it falls within one-third of the property; otherwise, he shall take from it to the extent of one-third. Chapter Three Bequests of Benefits
Arabic original
أ- إذا كانت الوصية بحصة شائعة في نوع من اموال الموصي ، فهلك او استحق ، فلا شيء للموصي له. ب - وان هلك بعضه ، او استحق ، فليس له الا حصته في الباقي ان خرجت من ثلث المال ، والا اخذ منه بقدر الثلث .

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