CODICIL

(Lat. codicillus, diminutive of codex, a manuscript?) In Law, an addition or supplement to a will, for the purpose of altering, explaining, or adding to its contents. Of codicils, as of wills, the latter prevails where it contains provisions contradictory to those of a former. By the recent Wills Act (1 Vict. c. 26.), every codicil must be executed in the same manner as is thereby made requisite in the case of a will; viz. signed by the testator in the presence of two witne es at one time. See Will. [s. 256]