Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 165

State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 10 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Establishment that the wife is Lebanese by nationality and Druze by denomination, and that the husband is Kuwaiti by nationality and Ja'fari by denomination. Divorce between them is subject to the school of Imam Malik. Basis thereof. Art. 40, Law 51 of 1961.
Arabic original
ثبوت أن الزوجة لبنانية الجنسية درزية المذهب وأن الزوج كويتي الجنسية جعفري المذهب. خضوع الطلاق بينهما لمذهب الإمام مالك. أساس ذلك. م ٤٠ ق ٥١ لسنة ١٩٦١.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧/١٩٧٨ أحوال شخصية جلسة ٢٢/١/١٩٧٩ مج ٧ س ص ٢٢٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 39. PDF pages: 39.

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