Definition of Codicillary

1. a. Of the nature of a codicil.

Definition of Codicillary

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a codicil ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Codicillary

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Codicillary

codfish cake
codfish vertebrae
codfishes
codge
codged
codger
codgerly
codgers
codges
codging
codhead
codheads
codical
codices
codicil
codicillary (current term)
codicils
codicological
codicologies
codicologist
codicologists
codicology
codifferentiation
codifiabilities
codifiability
codification
codifications
codified
codifier
codifiers

Literary usage of Codicillary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Civil Law in Its Natural Order by Jean Domat (1850)
"Thus, since the use of the codicillary clause presupposes on one side the liberty ... It is upon these considerations that the invention of the codicillary ..."

2. Commentaries on Colonial and Foreign Laws: Generally, and in Their Conflict by William Burge (1838)
"It is proposed in the section which follows to treat of each of these species of testament, and of the codicil and codicillary clause under the civil law, ..."

3. A Treatise on the Law of Obligations, Or Contracts by Robert Joseph Pothier (1806)
"... different formulae, we may and ought to conclude that one codicillary ... forget that we are examining, not the form, but the effect of the codicillary ..."

4. Handbook of the Roman Law by Ferdinand Mackeldey, Moses Aaron Dropsie (1883)
"codicillary CLAUSES. A. NATURE.1 § 758. Since there are less formalities to be observed in a codicil than in a testament, and since, in the contents of a ..."

5. The Journal of Jurisprudence by Law Library Microform Consortium (1864)
"Another, Mr Douglas of Cavers, who was both an original and a codicillary trustee, though dead by the time the minute was given in, had only died in the ..."

6. Precis of the Archives of the Cape of Good Hope by H. C. V. Leibbrandt, Jan van Riebeeck (1906)
"They offer, as sureties, the agriculturists Isaac Nel, and Matthijs Joh. Laurens. codicillary disposition annexed ; which leaves her brother, ..."

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