noun
- a supplement or addition to a will that modifies, explains, or revokes provisions in the original will
Usage: legal
Examples
- The elderly man added a codicil to his will to include his new grandchildren.
- She signed a codicil leaving her jewelry collection to her niece.
- The lawyer drafted a codicil to change the executor of the estate.
- Without a proper codicil, the changes to his will were not legally valid.
- The codicil must be witnessed and signed according to state law.
- Her final codicil donated all her books to the local library.