an instruction that is added later to a will, usually to change a part of it 遗嘱修改附录 In the codicil she left the house and its contents to her nephew. 在附录中,她把房子和里面的东西留给了她的侄子。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin codicillus, diminutive of codex, codic-, literally ‘block of wood’, later denoting a block split into leaves or tablets for writing on, hence a book. See code.