Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 120

State of Kuwait · Personal Status · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Procedures of proof are subject to the Code of Civil Procedure. Rules of evidence relating to the evidence itself, such as specifying the conditions necessary for its validity and stating its weight and legal effect. Their subjection to the provisions of Islamic Sharia. The reason therefor. Respect for the authority of the applicable law. - Household effects. Their meaning. Disagreement between the spouses concerning these effects. Proof thereof by testimony. Inability of both parties - 341 - Personal Status to furnish proof. Its effect: the wife's statement, supported by her oath, prevails concerning what is recognized as belonging to women, and the man's statement, supported by his oath, concerning everything else. Admissibility of testimony. Or its inadmissibility. Its connection with the evidence and its probative weight. The reason therefor. Article 73 of Law 51/1984. Example.
Arabic original
إجراءات الإثبات خضوعها لقانون المرافعات. قواعد الإثبات المتصلة بذات الدليل كبيان الشروط اللازمة لصحته وبيان قوته والأثر القانوني. خضوعها لأحكام الشريعة الإسلامية. علة ذلك. احترام ولاية القانون الواجب التطبيق. - متاع المنزل. ماهيته. اختلاف الزوجين حول هذا المتاع. إثباته بالبينة. عجز الطرفين - ٣٤١ - أحوال شخصية عن الإثبات. أثره: القول للزوجة بيمينها فيما يعرف للنساء وللرجل بيمينه فيما عدا ذلك. قبول الشهادة. أو عدم قبولها. تعلقه بالدليل وقوته في الإثبات. علة ذلك. المادة ٧٣ من ق ٥١/١٩٨٤. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٧٧/٢٠٠٣ أحوال شخصية جلسة ٢٨/٣/٢٠٠٤ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثاني ص ٢٣٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Personal Status — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 341. PDF pages: 326–327.

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