noun
- plural of codicil; legal documents that modify or add to the provisions of a will
Usage: legal
Examples
- The lawyer prepared several codicils to update the will.
- Two codicils were added to include the new grandchildren as beneficiaries.
- The estate was complicated by multiple codicils that contradicted each other.
- She signed three codicils over the years to reflect her changing wishes.
- The court had to interpret the codicils to determine the testator’s final intentions.
- Both codicils were properly witnessed and notarized.