Practice question
A testator leaves property so the recipient may invest it under secret instructions communicated privately. The provision falls within 867(4). Can secrecy itself supply valid testamentary directions?
- No;867 expressly denies effect to the stated secret-instructions arrangement.
- Yes; secrecy automatically strengthens testamentary validity.
- The recipient may freely invent a new will.
- Every private note automatically replaces required testamentary expression.
- Only the investment return decides validity.
Legal references
- Civil Code Articles774-794,863-867 and1347: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
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