Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1996

State of Kuwait · Pleadings — Part Two · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Establishing lineage to a deceased person may only occur within a claim to a right or property against a legally proper adversary. The reason thereof. Paternity or filiation after the death of the father or son is not sought for its own sake, but for the rights resulting from it, which are the death of the real dispute, and lineage is established within the establishment of those rights. Example.
Arabic original
إثبات النسب إلى الميت لا يكون إلا ضمن حق أو مال على خصم شرعي. علة ذلك. أن الأبوة أو البنوة بعد موت الأب أو الابن لا تكون مقصودة بذاتها بل لما يكون مترتباً عليها من حقوق هي موت الخصومة الحقيقية ويثبت النسب ضمن إثبات تلك الحقوق. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١١/١٩٨٦ أحوال شخصية جلسة ٢٧/١٠/١٩٨٦ مج القسم الثاني المجلد الثاني ص٨٤٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 364. PDF pages: 361.

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