Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 266
State of Kuwait · Pleadings — Part Three · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office
English translation of the principle
For an agency to be valid, the principal must have capacity to carry out 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 within the waiting period. 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 س٣٦ ج٣ ص٣٢٢)
Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 52. PDF pages: 49.
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