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UK
/kˈɒdɪsˌɪl/
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NOUN
- a supplement to a will; a testamentary instrument intended to alter an already executed will
How To Use codicil In A Sentence
- I reckon," he continued, solemnly, peering at the other from under his rusty hat-brim, "I reckon when you see him, maybe you'll want to put a kind of codicil to that deed to the 'Herald.' The Gentleman from Indiana
- Maybe there had been a codicil, something private, just for her. TICKLED PINK
- `I drew up the codicil myself and he signed it that day he was here in this office, sitting where you're sitting now. HIGH STAND
- As a codicil it does not annul the testament or cancel the promises.
- So your father would have added the codicil..." "I guess the idea was this'll be enough to see Lia through college. HOPE TO DIE
- But I plan to write a codicil into my will exonerating the poor man, and letting the world know that I did it all by myself.
- After signing what is called the codicil to his will, Captains Hardy and Blackwood joined him on the poop to receive his instructions. Drake Nelson and Napoleon
- To add a codicil to her will stating in effect that if her son Oliver Vail married a divorced woman, he could no longer inherit from her. WIDOW'S END
- She add a codicil to her will just before she die.
- A codicil to his will expressed his intention of returning the French pictures to Dublin, but it was unwitnessed, creating a long-term legal dispute about their ownership.