Theses sequentes de testamentis

36. If a testator has erred in the name, but it is not uncertain whom he intended, an error of this kind does not harm the truth.

37. The error or fault of a scribe in writing also does not harm the truth.

38. A part of a completed testament cannot be changed unless everything is renewed in its entirety: it may, however, be clarified, and certain things explained more plainly therein.

39. Sometimes a perfect testament is revoked by a subsequent imperfect one if the children of the testator are instituted as heirs in the latter.

40. Likewise, it may be revoked by a contrary intention only, declared in public records or before three witnesses, provided that a period of ten years elapses therefrom.

41. A testament unsealed by the testator is valid, provided it has been sealed again.

42. A testament made according to law that has been cut or deprived of its seals by the testator will not be valid, unless this happened by accident.

43. The validity of a published testament holds firm even after the withdrawal or loss of the testator's writing.

44. A perfect testament is not rescinded even by a rescript of the prince, nor does an imperfect one have force, even if the prince is instituted as heir therein.

45. By Canon Law, a different arrangement of last wills is established, such that if they are made before two or three witnesses in the presence of the parish priest, they have legitimate force, and there is no doubt regarding their authenticity.