personal status courts of Egypt

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The personal status courts of Egypt are specialized judicial bodies that handle family and personal matters such as marriage, divorce, inheritance, and guardianship in accordance with Egyptian law and, often, Islamic jurisprudence.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
personal status courts of Egypt canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court system ⓘ
specialized court ⓘ
appliesLaw Egyptian Civil and Commercial Procedures Law ⓘ
Egyptian personal status law ⓘ
Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ
appliesPersonalLawOf recognized Christian denominations in Egypt ⓘ
recognized Jewish community in Egypt ⓘ
appliesTo Muslim citizens of Egypt ⓘ
non-Muslim citizens of Egypt ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
decisionsEnforceableBy Egyptian enforcement authorities ⓘ
handlesProceduralAct approval of marriage contracts in dispute ⓘ
issuance of guardianship orders ⓘ
registration of divorce judgments ⓘ
hasLevel Court of Cassation ⓘ
linked to: court of cassation

courts of appeal ⓘ
courts of first instance ⓘ
hearsCasesIn Arabic ⓘ
jurisdictionOver alimony ⓘ
annulment of marriage ⓘ
child custody ⓘ
child visitation ⓘ
custody-related travel bans ⓘ
divorce ⓘ
dowry disputes ⓘ
engagement disputes ⓘ
guardianship ⓘ
inheritance ⓘ
khulʿ divorce ⓘ
lineage ⓘ
maintenance claims ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
paternity ⓘ
separation for harm ⓘ
wills ⓘ
legalBasis Egyptian Child Law ⓘ
Egyptian Constitution ⓘ
Egyptian Law of Inheritance ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian law

Egyptian Personal Status Law for Muslims ⓘ
partOf Egyptian judiciary ⓘ
linked to: judiciary of Egypt
primarySunniSchoolInfluence Hanafi school of law ⓘ
linked to: Hanafi school
protectsRight right to family ⓘ
rights of children in custody and maintenance ⓘ
rights of women in marriage and divorce ⓘ
supervisedBy Ministry of Justice of Egypt ⓘ
usesSourceOfLaw Qurʾan ⓘ
linked to: Quran

Sunna ⓘ
fiqh of Sunni schools ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Egyptian judicial authorities → includes → personal status courts of Egypt ⓘ
judiciary of Egypt → hasComponent → personal status courts of Egypt ⓘ