codicil

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Then, a little later, a codicil is added in favour of John, showing that Jeffrey had felt the necessity of making some recognition of his brother.

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  1. noun Law A supplement or appendix to a will.
  2. noun A supplement or appendix.

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  • He reserved himself for the codicil, which, if adopted, would have annulled all that M. le Duc d'Orleans had just obtained After some few moments of silence, M. le Duc d'Orleans spoke again. —  The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V11
  • He replied in a very low and scarcely intelligible voice, and with an air as respectful and as humble as it had been audacious in the morning People opined without listening to him; and tumultuously, but with one voice, the entire abrogation of the codicil was passed. —  The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V11
  • He insisted on the exact wording And you said that the codicil was not in the document-box when you removed the Will to read it The document-box was quite empty, Mrs. Mildmay, save for the Will itself, some few papers pertaining to his investments, and a quantity of fine dust. —  F ;SF - vol 096 issue 06 - June 1999
  • 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
  • From the evidence of handwriting experts, it became clear that the codicil was a complete forgery. —  Christie, Agatha - Hallowe'en 2
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  1. Middle English, from Old French codicille, from Latin cōdicillus, diminutive of cōdex, cōdic-, codex; see codex.

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  1. = D. Danish kodicil = German codicill = French codicille = Spanish codicilo = Portuguese codicillo = Italian codicillo, from Latin codicillus, plural codicilli, a writing, letter, later in singular a cabinet order, supplement to a will, diminutive of codex (codic-), a writing, etc.: see codex, code.
 

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