Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 984
State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 10 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office
English translation of the principle
The husband has the right to take back his divorced wife during her waiting period by his sole will, whether she consents or refuses. This right is not extinguished by waiver, to avoid altering the law of Allah Almighty. - Taking back by words may be by words indicating its meaning, expressly, or allusively. - Verbal taking back. Its conditions. Taking back in writing is considered verbal taking back. - Divorce entails rights and prohibitions that Allah has required to be observed. Its implication: neither spouse is to be believed in denying it after it has occurred. An example: concerning the correctness of the judgment's disregard of the husband's defense that the wife acknowledged that he had previously taken her back by a telephone message. The right received by the heirs from the deceased:
Arabic original
للزوج الحق في أن يراجع مطلقته في عدتها بمحض إرادته سواء رضيت أم أبت. عدم سقوط هذا الحق بالإسقاط. تجنباً لتغيير شرع االله تعالى. - المراجعة بالقول قد تكون بالقول الدال على معناه أو صراحة أو كناية. - الرجعة القولية. شروطها. اعتبار الرجعة بالكتابة من الرجعة القولية. - الطلاق يرتب حقوقاً وحرمات أوجب االله رعايتها. مؤدى ذلك: أن لا يصدق أحد الزوجين في نفيه بعد حصوله. مثال: بشأن صحة التفات الحكم عن دفاع الزوج بإقرار الزوجة بأنه سبق أن راجعها برسالة هاتفية. الحق الذي يتلقاه الورثة عن المورث:Original Arabic judgment citations
(الطعن ٢٠٥/٢٠١٠ أحوال شخصية جلسة ١٤/١٢/٢٠١١ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٩ ج ١ ص ٢٧٦)
Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 213. PDF pages: 213.
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