Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3827

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

English translation of the principle

The validity of an agency requires that the principal have capacity to perform the transaction for which he has appointed another as agent. Article 699, Civil Code. - A sick man's divorce of his wife—in Maliki jurisprudence—followed by his death from that illness. Its necessary consequence. Her entitlement to inheritance whether or not she is in the waiting period. An example concerning the invalidity of a divorce pronounced by an agent on behalf of the principal during the latter's death illness. Agency and public policy:
Arabic original
الوكالة يلزم لصحتها أن يكون الموكل أهلاً لأداء التصرف الذي وكل فيه غيره. م٦٩٩مدني. - طلاق المريض لامرأته - في فقه المالكية - ثم موته من هذا المرض. لازمه. استحقاقها الميراث سواء كانت في العدة أو لم تكن. مثال بشأن بطلان الطلاق الذي أوقعه الوكيل عن الموكل أثناء مرض موته. الوكالة والنظام العام:
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٩٣/٢٠٠٧ أحوال شخصية جلسة ٢٧/١٠/٢٠٠٨ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٦ ج ٣ ص ٣٢٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 751.

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