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flag UAE lowers age of majority to 18, modernizes civil law, and strengthens property rights.

flag The UAE has enacted a new Civil Transactions Law, unifying its civil legal framework and modernizing key provisions. flag It lowers the age of majority from 21 lunar years to 18 Gregorian years, aligns civil, criminal, and labor laws, and allows minors as young as 15 to manage assets with court approval. flag The law strengthens property rights, requires registration of usufructuary rights, and enables courts to apply Islamic Sharia principles when no law exists. flag Foreign assets with no heirs will be directed to charitable endowments under state supervision. flag The reforms enhance legal clarity, judicial flexibility, and efficiency, while maintaining federal consistency and local emirate authority.

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