Tearing of will中的will一词在法律英语中表示：a legal document that says what is to happen to sb's money and property after they die 即“遗嘱”，如：I ought to make a will . 我应该立份遗嘱，My father left me the house in his will. 我父亲在遗嘱中把这所房子遗赠给了我。

Tearing of will这一词组在法律语境下即可翻译为“撕毁遗嘱”，指以废除遗嘱为目的而撕毁遗嘱文件的行为。法律规定，无论该动作细微程度如何，均可构成遗嘱的废除。