Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 139

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

English translation of the principle

Authentication of a marriage or divorce contract at the Jaafari Authentication Section. Does not in itself indicate a particular school of the litigants. An example concerning the court's application of the rules of the Jaafari school despite the wife's acknowledgment that she follows the Sunni school. - 345 - Personal Status
Arabic original
توثيق عقد الزواج أو الطلاق بقسم التوثيق الجعفري. لا يدل بذاته على مذهب معين للخصوم. مثال بشأن إعمال المحكمة لأحكام المذهب الجعفري رغم إقرار الزوجة بأنها سنُية المذهب. - ٣٤٥ - أحوال شخصية
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧٠٥/٢٠٠٧ أحوال شخصية جلسة ١٦/٦/٢٠٠٨ مجلة القضاء والقانون س ٣٦ ج٢ ص ٤٤٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Personal Status — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 345. PDF pages: 330.

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