Legacies are simple to put into effect by adding a codicil or making a revision to your will. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
That signature to the codicil might be his or might not. From Wordnik.com. [Orley Farm] Reference
But you may not know the codicil, which is that if you don't own a boat, all you get is a mouthful of salt water. From Wordnik.com. [Wizards of Wall Street Have No Real Answers] Reference
The paper was a will, or, as I heard long after, a thing called a codicil -- a contrivance what you add to a will. From Wordnik.com. [The Torch and Other Tales] Reference
He took up a lengthy document and read the last codicil. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
In 1826 a codicil was written confirming previous wills. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922] Reference
Last week she had Emlie up putting a codicil to her will. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
Why would my father have written that codicil into his will?. From Wordnik.com. [Locked Rooms]
The codicil, containing this bequest, concluded with these words. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson]
In another codicil, dated on board the Victory, at sea, the 19th of. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2] Reference
'No; a codicil to that will has been added since James has been here.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Carved Cupboard] Reference
(Oct. 15) Adds a codicil to his will with a few alterations of bequests. From Wordnik.com. [Luca Signorelli] Reference
The will could have been thrown out, or she could have had a codicil, but no. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 16, 2007] Reference
Basically, it was a codicil, of a rather specialized nature, to the physical report. From Wordnik.com. [Pagan Passions] Reference
Mildred's state of weakness, and worried and coaxed her into making this unjust codicil. From Wordnik.com. [The Carved Cupboard] Reference
Lady Holland's second will, or codicil, will not be opened till the family returns to town. From Wordnik.com. [George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life] Reference
The lawyer came, and a codicil to Sir Thomas's will made the servants comfortable for life. From Wordnik.com. [The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm] Reference
In 1831 on starting home from London another codicil adding to former provisions as follows. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922] Reference
Piccadilly, the 29th of March, instantly annexed the following remarkable codicil to his will. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2] Reference
Here the Baronet resumed his pen and commenced the writing of a codicil in behalf of his cousin. From Wordnik.com. [Vellenaux A Novel] Reference
Earl kept the codicil in his pocket until the day 120,000l. was voted for him by the House of Commons. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 03, November 17, 1849] Reference
Hamilton took the paper to Doctors 'Commons, where it stands registered as a codicil to Nelson's will. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 03, November 17, 1849] Reference
The countess had found out about the codicil, and she had persuaded her solicitor to say nothing about it. From Wordnik.com. [No Man's Mistress]
I will at once seek an interview and endeavour to wheedle him out of a promise to make a codicil in my favor. From Wordnik.com. [Vellenaux A Novel] Reference
Beyond knowing they're different from everyone else, many appreciate a subtle codicil that says they're not the same. From Wordnik.com. [Special Issue: How Kids Grow Whose Child Am I Anyway?] Reference
On the 19th of December, however, in the same year, by a fifth codicil, executed on board the Victory, in the Gulph of. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2] Reference
'Did Dr. Thomson o' the auld toon no 'send ye this bit waste-paper -- codicil he called it, or come to see ye aboot it?'. From Wordnik.com. [Border Ghost Stories] Reference
Her brother complied with her request, and by a codicil devised the estates to his great-nephew, James, son of the Rev. Thomas. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record] Reference
As the hour got later, Shapiro said Simpson called his mother, children and personal lawyer (to dictate a codicil to his will). From Wordnik.com. [He Could Run... ...But He Couldn't Hide] Reference
I add that codicil because a salient characteristic of each reform generation is vigorous self-confidence to the point of cockiness. From Wordnik.com. [Memo To The 1993 Crowd: Believe In Yourselves] Reference
Thereon very briefly he set forth the tale of the codicil, justified himself on all legal grounds, and awaited the Minister's decision. From Wordnik.com. [Border Ghost Stories] Reference
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