Middle English Dictionary Entry
codicil n.
Entry Info
| Forms | codicil n. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
An addition to a legal document (such as a will), codicil.
Associated quotations
- (c1419) EEWills40/9 : I will þat my wyll be fulfillyd lyk als I ordeynd..and all þat es contend in this Codicill.
- (1455) Lin.DDoc.76/3 : And also adde to the same testament in Maner and forme as in this codicille foloweth.
- (1459) Paston (Gairdner)3.159 : Articlys..conteynid in the seyd my codicill or codicillys.
- (1465) Paston (Gairdner)4.177 : A letter conteynyng the substaunce of the processe off Mr. Robert Ippyswell for the mater off the codicill of Nicholas Pykeryng.