Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 303

Conclusion of a valid marriage. Its condition. Offer by the wife's guardian and acceptance by the husband or those acting in their stead. - The statutory provision is expressed without qualification in specifying who has guardianship to conclude the marriage contract of a virgin between puberty and completion of the twenty-fifth year, or a previously married woman who has reached the twenty-fifth year. Its implication. There is no basis for restricting it. Construing it as specifying the guardians for marrying off a virgin between puberty and the twenty-fifth year. Incorrect. The reason for this: the legislature's intent was not directed to that. - The legislature's intention to specify the guardian. Its implication. This must be expressly provided in a particular place in the law. Articles 8, 29, 30 of Law 51/1984 concerning Personal Status.