codicil
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Latin codicillus, diminutive of codex: compare French codicille. See code
Noun [edit]
codicil (plural codicils)
- (law) An addition or supplement that explains, modifies, or revokes a will or part of one.
- 2005 : If Nick answered a question Wani listened to him and then gave a flat little codicil or correction. - Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, (Bloomsbury Publishing, paperback edition, 378)
