Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 219

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

English translation of the principle

The legal event giving rise to the right to deferred dower is marriage. With respect to a claim for maintenance - 362 - Personal Status during the waiting period and consolatory maintenance, it is divorce. Implication thereof. Each arises from a separate legal cause. Effect thereof: it is treated as if it were an independent action, valued at its value alone. Example.
Arabic original
الواقعة القانونية مصدر الحق بالنسبة لمؤجل المهر هي الزواج. وبالنسبة لطلب نفقة - ٣٦٢ - أحوال شخصية العدة والمتعة هي الطلاق. مؤدى ذلك. نشأة كل منهما عن سبب قانوني منفصل. أثره: النظر إليه كما لو كان دعوى مستقلة تقدر قيمتها بمقدار قيمته وحدة. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٥٦/٢٠٠١ أحوال شخصية جلسة ٢٤/١١/٢٠٠١ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الأول ص ٥٧٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Personal Status — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 362. PDF pages: 347–348.

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