Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 8
State of Kuwait · Pleadings — Part One · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office
English translation of the principle
Maintenance under the Ja‘fari school has no exhaustive list of categories. The determining consideration is what a person needs for subsistence of - 338 - Procedure the necessities of life. This means: it varies in kind, quantity and manner according to differences in times and places. The consequence thereof: the criterion for determining it is custom, taking into account the circumstances of the person obliged to provide it. An example.
Arabic original
النفقة في المذهب الجعفري لا حصر لأنواعها. العبرة فيها بما يحتاجه الإنسان لمعيشته من - ٣٣٨ - المرافعات متطلبات الحياة. مفاد ذلك: اختلافها نوعاً وكماً وكيفاً وفقاً لاختلاف الأزمنة والأمكنة. مؤدى ذلك: أن مناط تحديدها العرف مع مراعاة حال الملزم بها. مثال.Original Arabic judgment citations
(الطعن ٣٧٠/٢٠٠٥ أحوال جلسة ٢٦/١١/٢٠٠٦ مج القسم الخامس المجلد التاسع ص ٣٠٦)
Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part One — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 338. PDF pages: 332–333.
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