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Some addition to, or qualification of, a last will and testament. 1 Redf. Wills, 287. This term is derived from the Latin codicillus, which is a diminutive of codex, and in strictness imports a little code or writing, a little will. In the Roman civil law, codicil was defined as an act which contains dispositions of property in prospect of death, without the institution of an heir or executor. Domat, Civ. Law, pt. ii. bk. iv. tit. 1. i 1; Just, de Codic. art. i. § 2. So, also, the early English writers upon wills define a codicil in much the same way. A codicil is a just sentence of our will touching that which any would have done after their death, without the appointing of an executor. Swinb. Wills, pt. i. § v. pi. 2.
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Some addition to, or qualification of, a last will and testament. 1 Redf. Wills, 287. This term is derived from the Latin codicillus, which is a diminutive of codex, and in strictness imports a little code or writing, a little will. In the Roman civil law, codicil was defined as an act which contains dispositions of property in prospect of death, without the institution of an heir or executor. Domat, Civ. Law, pt. ii. bk. iv. tit. 1. i 1; Just, de Codic. art. i. § 2. So, also, the early English writers upon wills define a codicil in much the same way. A codicil is a just sentence of our will touching that which any would have done after their death, without the appointing of an executor. Swinb. Wills, pt. i. § v. pi. 2.
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A supplement to a will (in U.S. law) that changes its provisions. The same procedures and formalities that are necessary to execute a will properly must be observed when making a codicil.
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Codicil means: an addition or amendment of a last will and testament executed with the same formality of the will.
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What is a Codicil?, Daily News (New York, NY); September 18, 2009
Cooke’s Will a Tangled Web; Wife’s Challenge, Codicils Could Cost Son the Redskins, The Washington Post; July 27, 1997; Sharon Walsh
Chevy Chase Bank’s Posthumous Codicil (Posted 2013-10-06 23:32:31) ; Chevy Chase Bank, RIP. before Its Demise, It Discriminated against Blacks and Hispanics, The Washington Post; October 6, 2013; Board
Chevy Chase Bank’s Posthumous Codicil (Posted 2013-10-07 01:45:51) ; Chevy Chase Bank, RIP. before Its Demise, It Discriminated against Blacks and Hispanics, The Washington Post; October 7, 2013; Board
“FLASH”: Federal Estate And Generation-Skipping Transfer Taxes Will Be Suspended In 2010. Your Will May Need A Codicil To Preserve Your Intended Estate Plan., Mondaq Business Briefing; December 23, 2009
codicil, Webster’s NewWorld Dictionary; January 1, 1988
Codicil would sink state building sale, The Boston Globe (Boston, MA); March 6, 1991; M.E. Malone, Globe Staff
Tim Grobaty: Codicils and Loopholes Are Part of the Lenten Experience, Press-Telegram; February 12, 2013; Grobaty, Tim
A codicil to my living will, USA TODAY; January 1, 1996; Huber, Richard M
The Last Will and Codicils of A. F. Seligmann (1862-1945): Complete Text, Including the Nachtrag Dated February 25, 1944, for the Disposition of the Beethoven Skull Fragments, The Beethoven Journal; July 1, 2005; Liebmann, Hannah Meredith, William
Council Deadlocks on Codicil to Budget; City Workers Don’t Get Furlough Pay, The Washington Times (Washington, DC); May 2, 2012
When Kids Trade Rooms, Prepare for Negotiations, Side Deals, Treaties and Codicils, Examiner (Washington, D.C.), The; August 2, 2012; Gurdon, Meghan Cox
Amending Wills Can Be Tricky Business, Winnipeg Free Press; March 20, 2013
Where There’s A Will, There’s A Way To Change It, Intelligencer Journal/New Era; June 13, 2011; Patti S Spencer
Brooke Astor’s Only Son Faces Criminal Charges., The New York Observer (New York, NY); November 27, 200
Decedent’s estates–In re Tipler: The adoption of the doctrine of facts of independent significance in Tennessee, The University of Memphis Law Review; October 1, 2000; Tieman, David
Money Management, Medical Economics; November 8, 1999; Farber, Lawrence
The ‘void’ in Florida’s will revocation statutes., Florida Bar Journal; June 1, 1997; Ossin, Stacy L.
CONTROVERSY SURROUNDS $25 MILLION ESTATE, HUGE BEQUEST, The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY); October 5, 2003; JAY TOKASZ
Museum to Get O’Keeffe Works; Foundat
ion Will Manage Bulk of Estate Under Agreement, The Washington Post; July 27, 1987