0 an instruction that is added to a will (= a document stating what should be done with a person's possessions after his or her death)
1 an instruction which is added to a will (= document stating what should be done with a person's possessions after their death):
A codicil, containing the bequest of the ring, with some further particulars regarding the charities, had been added a few days previous to the old man's death.
Conquest and the formalities of law established the use of codicils.
Yet if her will and its various codicils provide an accurate reflection of her circumstances in later life, she appears to have managed her personal finances very effectively.
If a man has written a codicil and not signed it, how are we to presume what his motives were?
The important thing about that codicil is the date.
This codicil to the grant might be a useful step.
Certainly, it is a longer time than he would have left if he had wanted the codicil to be in the proper form.
