In the civil law. False designation; erroneous description of a person or thing in a written instrument. Inst 2, 20, 30.
Falsa demonstratio non nocet, cum do corporo (persona) constat. False description does not injure or vitiate, provided the thing or person intended has once been sufficiently described. Mere false description does not make an instrument inoperative Broom, Max. 629 ; 6 Term, 676; 11 Mees. A W. 189; Oleaveland v. Smith, 2 Story, 291, Fed. Cas. No. 2,874.
Falsa demonstratione legatum non perimi. A bequest is not rendered void by an erroneous description. Inst. 2, 20, 30; Broom, Max. 645.
Falsa grammatica non vitiat conoessionom. False or bad grammar does not vitiate a grant. Shep. Touch. 55; 9 Coke, 48a. Neither false Latin nor false English will make a deed void when the intent of the parties doth plainly appear. Shep. Touch. 87.