786.

The testator may entrust to a third person the distribution of specific property or
sums of money that he may leave in general to specified classes or causes, and also
the designation of the persons, institutions or establishments to which such property
or sums of money are to be given or applied.
- A Third person may be entrusted
- Specified classes are targeting a specific class
787. the testator may not make a testamentary deposition in such manner that another
person has to determine whether or not it is to be operative.
You cannot rely on a condition that a third person may or may not possess or use
or obtain a certain right over your property on another third person
788. if a testamentary disposition admits of different interpretations, in case of doubt,
that interpretation by which the disposition is to be operative shall be preferred
- In terms of possible different interpretation
o The rule is similar to the interpretation of laws or contracts
o The reason is that testate succession, provided the will is valid, is
preferred to intestacy
o The provision applies only in case of DOUBT. If no doubt exists,
and the disposition is clearly illegal, same should not be given
effect
- The Fixed Law of Interpretation
o The intention and series of the testator if clearly expressed in the
will, constitute the fixed law of its interpretation.
789. When there is an imperfect description, or when no person or property exactly
answers the description, mistakes and omissions must be corrected, if the error
appears from the context of the will or from extrinsic evidence, excluding the oral
declarations of the testator as to his intention: and when an uncertainty arises upon
the face of the will, as to the application of any of its provisions, the testator’s
intention is to be ascertained from the words of the will. Taking into consideration
the circumstances under which it was made, excluding such oral declaration.

- Kinds of Ambiguity in a Will