It concerns the state that men's last wills be held valid.

Explanation

Public policy favors the validity of wills — the law strains to uphold, not defeat, a testamentary disposition, because the right of disposal is fundamental to property itself.

Where this applies

• A minor defect in my grandmother's will might make it technically invalid — should the court save it?
• The state is considering whether to invalidate a will over a procedural technicality.

See also

• 5.1.4 It is unjust that freemen should not have the free disposal of their own property.
• 5.7.3 We interpret the charters and deeds of laymen benignly, on account of their simplicity.