Codicil

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Codicil

(As of January 2008. Definitions and statutes may change after this date.)

A codicil is a written change, amendment, supplement or addition to a person’s will. It may modify, add to, subtract from, clarify, qualify, alter, or revoke provisions in a will. A codicil is executed with all the formalities of the will itself.