Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3158

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

English translation of the principle

A gift taking effect after the donor's death under the Lebanese Code of Obligations and Contracts. Its inclusion within the concept of a testamentary disposition. Its permissibility only within the limit of one-third of the estate. An immediately effective gift not contingent upon the donor's death. Its treatment as an ordinary contract. It may encompass all of the donor's property. The condition thereof: that it satisfy the requirements of a contract.
Arabic original
الهبة التي تنتج مفعولها بعد وفاة الواهب في قانون الموجبات والعقود اللبناني. دخولها في مفهوم الوصية. عدم جوازها إلا في حدود ثلث التركة. الهبة المنجزة التي لا تتوقف على موت الواهب. اعتبارها عقداً عادياً. جواز اشتمالها على كل أموال الواهب. شرط ذلك: أن تكتمل لها شروط العقد.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧٢٢/٢٠٠٩ مدني جلسة ١٧/١/٢٠١١ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٩ ج ١ ص ٢٣٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 617.

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