codicil en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈkɒdɪsɪl/
- /ˈkəʊdɪsɪl/
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French codicille, from Latin cōdicillus, diminutive of cōdex. See code.
Meanings
- An addition or supplement that explains, modifies, or revokes a will or part of one.
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An addition or supplement modifying any official document, such as a treaty.
Those loose ends were tied up in a little-understood clarification of Brexit called the Northern Ireland protocol, ratified in January 2020. It looked like a mere codicil three years ago; now it looks like a serious diplomatic blunder that could threaten Britain’s territory and the region’s peace.
2023 January 26, Christopher Caldwell, “It’s Anyone’s Guess What Will Happen in Northern Ireland in the Next 12 Weeks”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:So insistent was this demand that the Wyandot actually received a codicil to the treaty […]
2004, Barbara Alice Mann, “The Greenville Treaty of 1795: Pen-and-Ink Witchcraft in the Struggle for the Old Northwest”, in Bruce E. Johansen, editor, Enduring Legacies: Native American Treaties and Contemporary Controversies, Praeger, page 155:
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(broadly) Any appendix or addition.
If Nick answered a question Wani listened to him and then gave a flat little codicil or correction.
2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 378:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| codicils | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (17)
ru кодици́лл (addition made to a will) · gv co-screeuyn çhymnee (addition made to a will) · nl bijvoegsel (addition made to a will) · pt codicilo (addition made to a will) · fr codicille (addition made to a will) · ca codicil (addition made to a will) · nl codicil (addition made to a will) · gl codicilo (addition made to a will) · es codicilo (addition made to a will) · ru кодици́л (addition made to a will) · la cōdicillus (addition made to a will) · nl aanhangsel (addition made to a will) · it codicillo (addition made to a will) · io kodicilo (addition made to a will) · eo kodicilo (addition made to a will) · pl kodycyl (addition made to a will) · syc ܡܓܠܬܐ (addition made to a will)