The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[1939] AC 508
[PRIVY COUNCIL.]
SAADAT KAMEL HANUM APPELLANT; AND ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR PALESTINE RESPONDENT.
ON APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF PALESTINE.
1939 May 23.
LORD RUSSELL OF KILLOWEN, LORD ROMER, and SIR GEORGE RANKIN.
Palestine
— Wakf
— Action by mutawalli to recover wakf property
— Limitation
— Time from which period of limitation runs
— Function of illustrations in legislative enactments
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Ottoman Civil Code (Mejelle), Book XIV., arts. 1660–1667.