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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.

(Revised by Ann De Vries)

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Basic Meaning of Codicil

Codicil means: an addition or amendment of a last will and testament executed with the same formality of the will.

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