Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 238

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

English translation of the principle

Maintenance in the Ja'fari school is of two categories: the first comprises things whose benefit is obtained through consumption of their substance, such as food, drink and medicine; the second comprises things whose benefit is obtained while their substance remains, such as housing, furniture and a car. - A judgment allocating a car to the wife and children. Its implication is that its purpose is their use of it, not their ownership of it.
Arabic original
النفقة في المذهب الجعفري قسمين الأول ما ينتفع به مع ذهاب عينه كالطعام والشراب والدواء والثاني ما ينتفع به مع بقاء عينه كالمسكن والأثاث والسيارة. - قضاء الحكم بتخصيص سيارة للزوجة والأولاد. مفاده أن الغرض منه هو انتفاعهم بها وليس تملكهم إياها.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٧٠/٢٠٠٥ تجاري جلسة ٢٦/١١/٢٠٠٦ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثاني ص ١٣٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Personal Status — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 366. PDF pages: 351.

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