codicil

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French codicille, from Latin cōdicillus, diminutive of cōdex. See code.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɒdɪsɪl/, /ˈkəʊdɪsɪl/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

codicil (plural codicils)

  1. (law) An addition or supplement that explains, modifies, or revokes a will or part of one.
  2. An addition or supplement modifying any official document, such as a 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:
      So insistent was this demand that the Wyandot actually received a codicil to the treaty []
    • 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:
      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.
  3. (by extension) Any appendix or addition.

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Verb

codicil (third-person singular simple present codicils, present participle codiciling or codicilling, simple past and past participle codiciled or codicilled)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To add a codicil to something.

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin codicillum.

Pronunciation

Noun

codicil m (plural codicils)

  1. codicil

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Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch codicille, from Latin cōdicillus.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkoː.diˈsil/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: co‧di‧cil
  • Rhymes: -il

Noun

codicil n (plural codicillen or codicils, diminutive codicilletje n)

  1. codicil

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French codicille, from Latin codicillus.

Noun

codicil n (plural codicile)

  1. codicil

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative codicil codicilul codicile codicilele
genitive-dative codicil codicilului codicile codicilelor
vocative codicilule codicilelor