Practice question
An ambiguous description can be resolved by the will’s context and admissible extrinsic evidence. A party instead relies solely on a witness repeating the testator’s oral declaration of intention. Which is correct under 789?
- That oral-intention source is expressly excluded in the stated inquiry.
- Every oral assertion automatically rewrites the will.
- The witness may choose any new beneficiary.
- The will’s text must always be ignored.
- No contextual evidence can ever matter.
Legal references
- Civil Code Articles774-794,863-867 and1347: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
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