Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2866

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

English translation of the principle

The rule that there is no estate until debts have been paid. Its implication. The estate is encumbered by an accessory right in rem entitling the creditor to pursue it and recover his debt from it in the hands of any heir. - Obligations and rights created by the deceased during his lifetime pass after his death to his universal successor. The limits of this. No prejudice to the rules of inheritance as prescribed by the true Islamic Sharia.
Arabic original
قاعدة لا تركة إلا بعد سداد الدين. مؤداها. انشغال التركة بحق عيني تبعي يخول الدائن تتبعها واستيفاء دينه تحت يد أي وارث. - الالتزامات والحقوق التي يرتبها المورث حال حياته تنتقل بعد موته إلى خلفه العام. حدود ذلك. عدم المساس بأحكام الميراث على نحو ما يقضي به الشرع الإسلامي الحنيف.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٩١/٢٠٠٣ تجاري جلسة ٢٠/٣/٢٠٠٧ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٥ ج ١ ص ٢٣٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 557.

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