Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1890

State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 11 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Competing and multiple bequests, the absence of conflict between them or revocation thereof, the insufficiency of one-third of the estate to satisfy them, and the heirs' failure to approve the excess. Its effect: division of one-third of the estate among the bequests by set-off in proportion to the shares stated by the testator. Article 285, Law 51/1984 AD.
Arabic original
تزاحم الوصايا وتعددها وانتفاء التعارض بينها والرجوع عنها وعدم اتساع ثلث التركة لها وعدم إجازة الورثة للزيادة. أثره: تقسيم ثلث التركة بين الوصايا بالمقاصة بنسبة السهام التي ذكرها الموصي. المادة ٢٨٥ ق ٥١/١٩٨٤م.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٧٨/٢٠٠١ أحوال شخصية جلسة ١٧/١١/٢٠٠٢ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الحادي عشر ص ١٩٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 360. PDF pages: 360.

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