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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 285 of Personal Status Law

English translation

A- If the testamentary dispositions exceed one-third of the estate and the heirs do not authorize the excess, the third shall be divided proportionately among the testamentary dispositions. B- If the heirs authorize the excess, and it is insufficient to satisfy the total testamentary dispositions, the estate shall be divided proportionately among the testamentary dispositions.
Arabic original
أ- إذا زادت الوصايا على ثلث التركة ، ولم يجز الورثة الزيادة قسم الثلث بين الوصايا بالمحاصة. ب - إذا اجاز الورثة الزيادة ، وكانت لا تفي بمجموع الوصايا ، قسمت التركة بين الوصايا بالمحاصة .

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