Codicil
['kɒdɪsɪl;'kəʊ-] or ['kɑdəsl]
Definition
(noun.) a supplement to a will; a testamentary instrument intended to alter an already executed will.
Edited by Ian--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A clause added to a will.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Supplement or postscript (to a will).
Typist: Naomi
Definition
n. a short writing or note added as a supplement to a will.—adj. Codicill′ary.
Typist: Marion
Examples
- Well, it would have been worse if he had made the codicil to hinder her from marrying again at all, you know. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But this codicil is framed so as to make everybody believe that she did. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Codicil among the dust? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Yes, 'codicils', they call them. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I can make five codicils if I like, and I shall keep my bank-notes for a nest-egg. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Editor: Timmy