codicil
Addendum for wills
A codicil is a supplement or addition to a will, modifying or revoking specific provisions without replacing the entire document: She added a codicil leaving her jewelry to her niece.
More broadly, codicil can mean any appendix or addendum, though this use is rare outside legal contexts.
Faculty of deliberate choice
- testamentWritten proof or legacy
- testatorOne who makes bequests
- testatrixFemale will-maker
- executorAppointed estate manager
executrix · beneficiary · heir · legatee · devisee · probate · estate · inheritance
Act of altering something
- alterationAct of modifying
- revisionAltering to improve
- changeTo make different
- correctionFixing of mistakes
adjustment · update · addendum · supplement · addition · rider · variation · redrafting
Provision in agreement
- stipulationCondition in an agreement
- conditionState or stipulation
- termFixed period or word
- specificationDetailed technical requirement
requirement · proviso · caveat · qualification · restriction · limitation · exception · reservation
Property received from ancestors
- legacyWhat's passed down
- giftItem given freely
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- deviseCreate through ingenuity
heirloom · patrimony · dower · dowry · entailment · bequeathal · distribution · allocation
Occurring after death
- predeceaseDie before someone else
- antemortemBefore life ends
- deceasedNo longer living
- widowBereaved wife, unmarried since
will
Faculty of deliberate choice
executor · executrix · beneficiary · heir · legatee · devisee · probate · estate · inheritance · bequest
modification
Act of altering something
- alterationAct of modifying
- revisionAltering to improve
- changeTo make different
correction · adjustment · update · addendum · supplement · addition · rider · variation · redrafting · restatement
clause
Provision in agreement
- stipulationCondition in an agreement
- conditionState or stipulation
- termFixed period or word
specification · requirement · proviso · caveat · qualification · restriction · limitation · exception · reservation · contingency
inheritance
Property received from ancestors
devise · heirloom · patrimony · dower · dowry · entailment · bequeathal · distribution · allocation · portion
posthumous
Occurring after death
- predeceaseDie before someone else
- antemortemBefore life ends
- deceasedNo longer living
- Afterthoughtssecond thoughts, hindsight, postscript, addendum, footnote
- extrasextra, add-ons, add-on, extras, addition
- contract termscontract terms, agreement, terms, conditions, condition
- death lawdeath certificate, death certificates, death tax, death penalty, death benefits
- estate planningexecutor, trust, beneficiary, will, probate
- inheritanceinheritance, inheritances, heir, heirs, heiress