Falsa Demonstratio Non Nocet
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Stimson (1881)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A false description does not vitiate. 6 Term R. 676. See 2 Story (U. S.) 291; 1 Greenl. Ev. § 301; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 562; 2 Pars. Cont. 62, note, 69, note, 72, note, 76, note; 4 C. B. 328; 11 C. B. 208; 14 C. B. 133. FALSA DEMONSTRATIONE LEGATUM non perimi. A legacy is not destroyed by an incorrect description. 3 Bradf. Sur. (N. Y.) 144, 149.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Erroneous description does not injure. See 99 Tex. 391, 13 Ann. Cas. 1020, 2 L. R. A. (N. S.) 548, 89 S. W. 1057.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
cum de corpore constat, I. False description does no harm, when it is clear as to the [thing or] person. Falsa grammatica non vitiat chartam: bad grammar does not vitiate a deed.