Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1023
State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 10 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office
English translation of the principle
The debtor's estate becoming encumbered, immediately upon his death, by an accessory real right in favour of his creditors, enabling them to follow it and recover their debts from it in the hands of any heir. Its implication. The existence of a debt owed by the deceased does not prevent partition of the estate's assets among his heirs, or their sale if partition is impracticable and distribution of the sale proceeds among them. The creditor's right remains attached to the estate's property as a whole, not to its specific assets, until his debt is satisfied from it. - 221 - The right Right of defence:
Arabic original
انشغال تركة المدين بمجرد وفاته بحق عيني تبعي لدائنيه يخول لهم تتبعها واستيفاء ديونهم منها تحت يد أي وارث. مؤداه. لا يحول وجود دين على المورث دون قسمة أعيان التركة على ورثته أو بيعها إن تعذرت القسمة وتوزيع حصيلة البيع عليهم. بقاء حق الدائن متعلقاً بأموال التركة في مجموعها لا بذوات أعيانها إلى أن يستوفى دينه منها. - ٢٢١ - الحق حق الدفاع:Original Arabic judgment citations
(الطعن ٦٠٥/٢٠٠٤ تجاري جلسة ١٦/٢/٢٠٠٥ مج القسم الثامن - المجلد السادس ص ١٦٢)
Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 221. PDF pages: 221.
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