Civil Code (Cap. 16)
Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 694
694. (1) If the person of the heir or of the legatee is
erroneously designated, the testamentary disposition shall have
effect, if the identity of the person whom the testator intende d to
designate is otherwise certain.
(2) The same rule shall apply where the thing forming the
subject of the legacy shall hav e been erroneously indicated or
described, if it is otherwise certain what thing the testator w ished to
dispose of.
Disposition left
entirely to the
discretion of the
heir.
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