Biria v. Kiardo

Abstract

States as international persons — State succession — International conventions — Protectorate — Agreements by Protecting Power establishing ecclesiastical courts — Whether jurisdiction survives termination of protectorate — The law of Morocco.

Jurisdiction — Extraterritorial — Ecclesiastical courts in Morocco — Whether jurisdiction in matters of personal status survived termination of Protectorate — The law of Morocco.

Jurisdiction — In general — Territorial — Over territory in general and persons and property situated therein — Ecclesiastical courts in Morocco — Whether possessing jurisdiction in disputes between Christians concerning matters of personal status — Whether judgment enforceable as a foreign judgment — Jurisdiction determined by Franco-Spanish Agreement, 1922 — Whether subsisting after termination of protectorate — The law of Morocco.