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noun
An addition or supplement that explains, modifies, or revokes a will or part of one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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noun
An addition or supplement modifying any official document, such as a treaty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any appendix or addition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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verb
To add a codicil (to).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ergative
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noun
a supplement to a will; a testamentary instrument intended to alter an already executed will
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: appendix
History
Borrowed from Middle French codicille, from Latin cōdicillus, diminutive of cōdex. See code.
Across languages
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
