A false description does not vitiate when the thing is sufficiently identified.

Explanation

Mere misdescription in a deed, will, or instrument does not invalidate it if the subject matter intended can be identified with certainty from the whole instrument.

Where this applies

• The deed describes the property wrong but everyone knows which property is meant.
• There's a misdescription in the will but the intended beneficiary is obvious.
• A false description doesn't invalidate an instrument when the subject is clearly identified.

See also

• 10.1.6 The construction of law works no injury.
• 10.4.4 Whatever is added to describe a thing already sufficiently described is of no effect.