Falsa demonstratione legatum non perimi
- Falsa demonstratione legatum non perimi
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An erroneous description will not nullify a legacy.
It was a rule of the civil law, that a legacy should not perish by reason of a false description, but the statute of wills modifies the maxim to some extent. Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum v Emmons (NY) 3 Bradf 144, 149.
Ballentine's law dictionary.
Anderson, W.S..
1998.
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