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Codicil
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(Lat. codicillus, a little book or tablet, diminutive of codex), a supplement to a will (q.v.), containing anything which a testator desires to add, or which he wishes to retract, to explain or to alter. In English law a codicil requires to be executed with the same formalities as a will under the Wills Act 1837.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Codicil'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/codicil.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Codicil'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/codicil.html. 1910.
