Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1104

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

English translation of the principle

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.
Arabic original
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.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٩٣/٢٠٠٧ أحوال شخصية جلسة ٢٧/١٠/٢٠٠٨ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٦ ج٣ ص٣٢٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 174. PDF pages: 171.

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