Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 723

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

English translation of the principle

Lineage to a deceased person is established only within an action concerning a right or property. The reason for this. - The intentional adversary and the constructive adversary in Islamic Sharia. What is meant by each. - A lineage action. Its inadmissibility, whether to establish or deny lineage, if the father or son—the defendant—is deceased, except within another right. Example. - 458 - Personal Status 2- Mutual imprecation (denial of lineage):
Arabic original
النسب إلى الميت لا يثبت إلا ضمن دعوى حق أو مال. علة ذلك. - الخصم القصدي والخصم الحكمي في الشريعة الإسلامية. المقصود بكل منهما. - دعوى النسب. عدم قبولها إثباتاً أو نفياً إذا كان الأب أو الابن – المدعي عليه – ميتاً إلا ضمن حق آخر. مثال. - ٤٥٨ - أحوال شخصية ٢- اللعان (نفي النسب):
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥٤٦/٢٠٠٤ أحوال شخصية جلسة ٥/٣/٢٠٠٩ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٧ ج ١ ص ٣٥٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Personal Status — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 458. PDF pages: 443.

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