codicil
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- noun
- /ˈkɒdɪsɪl/
- Formal
- I'm adding a codicil to my will.
- codicil to the will
- add a codicil
- sign a codicil
Examples
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Chris had me draw up a codicil to his will just a couple of weeks ago.
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Angered, the man goes to another lawyer recommended by his daughter and signs a codicil prepared previously in that lawyer's office based on directions from the daughter.
Academic text (1997) -
His codicil left the whole shipping line to me.
Fiction book (1998) -
I strongly suspect your brother added a codicil to his will naming your doctor as beneficiary should all members of your small family perish.
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"Unless the codicil should come to light, the ring is hers, along with all her husband's chattels and possessions not otherwise disposed of."
Fiction book (1999) -
However... an additional codicil, delivered into my possession by post only this morning, and, by all indications, sent by Madame D during the last hours of her life, contains an amendment to the original certificate, which, as prescribed by law, I will read to you now.
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Chris had me draw up a codicil to his will just a couple of weeks ago.
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I'm adding a codicil to my will to clarify my wishes.
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Two days before they got married, Webber had added a codicil to his will leaving $4 million to Peterson.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Codicil comes from the Latin codicillus, which means 'little book' and is related to codex 'book'. Because it was a small written note added to a will, today a codicil is a short legal document that changes or adds to a will.