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Family and personal status
Judicial principles and studies
The study applies Article 1142 to an heir who financed construction on inherited land, explaining how the building's value is calculated and apportioned among heirs while distinguishing occupancy from deduction of price.
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Judicial principles and studies
Ibra' (release) is a unilateral legal act by which a creditor relinquishes a right against a debtor, extinguishing the obligation; it is treated like a donation for substantive-law purposes. Validity requires a defect-free will and that the subject matter meet general contract requirements.
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Judicial principles and studies
Judicial practice treats a settlement as a compromise that ends the dispute and limits its effect to the rights addressed; consequently, it may amount to an implicit waiver of the arbitration clause for the settled dispute.
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Judicial principles and studies
The study examines when contracts made by a ward may be annulled based on defective will, the decisive role of medical expertise and judicial circumstantial evidence, and the limited application of Article 13(b) of the Real Property Law.
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Judicial principles and studies
A brief summary examining whether a claim may properly name a university or the company owning its trade name, in light of Articles (3,4,12,23/b) of Jordanian Universities Law No. 18 of 2018 and its amendments.
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Judicial principles and studies
Settled case law treats harm from opening or widening streets that alters ground level as arising under the Real Property Ownership Law rather than civil torts, and assigns subject-matter jurisdiction to the Court of First Instance.
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Judicial principles and studies
A brief summary explaining the center’s legal capacity and scope under its statutes and the cooperation protocol, and the consequences of partnership agreements outside that scope.
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Judicial principles and studies
A settlement between parties constitutes a compromise under Article 647 of the Civil Code, limited to the rights it addresses; it implicitly waives the original arbitration clause for the settled dispute unless the settlement contains a new arbitration clause.
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Judicial principles and studies
This summary explains how the new law affects cassation appeals and the permission requirement under Article 191 of the Civil Procedure Law. The amending Law No.6/2024 applies to judgments issued after its entry into force, and permission is required for cassation in civil claims not exceeding 20,000 dinars.
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Judicial principles and studies
The study outlines limits on an appellate court's joinder of defendants to assess compensation under the cited provisions, affirms the injured party's civil right to sue after dismissal of public prosecution and use criminal-case evidence, and clarifies the scope of the 'causing party'.
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Judicial principles and studies
A brief summary explaining the limits on enforcing an alleged guaranty in a lease against persons who did not sign as guarantors, and the limits of an agent's authority to sue in additional capacities.
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Judicial principles and studies
A matter concerning two expropriations affecting a single parcel and the plaintiff's prior acceptance of a compensation amount. When the dispute is limited to accounting for both expropriations and fixing the per-square-meter price by reference to the plaintiff's unchallenged acceptance, reopening that valuation is impermissible.
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