Codicillus

In the Roman law. A codicil; an informal and inferior kind of will, in use among the iiomans,

Lat. [a little book, dimin. of codex, a book.] In the Roman law. A codicil; an informal and inferior kind of will, in use among the Romans. Its peculiarities were, that it required no so-, lemnity in its execution, {nullam solemnitatern ordinationis desiderant;) that an inheritance could neither be given nor taken away by it, except through a trust; and that it might be made before as well as after a testament. Inst. 2. 26. 1, 2, 3. In all these particulars, but especially the last, this instrument was the very opposite of the modem codicil. Supra. Indeed, by the express declaration of Justinian, the law of wills and that of codicils were established upon entirely diflferent foundations, {ne confundatur jus testamentorum et codicillorum.) Inst. 2, 26. 2. The expression nullam solemnitatem in the Institutes {mpra) is not generally understood literally to mean that no solemnity whatever was required in the execution of a codicil; but only that a less degree of solemnity was necessary than in case of a will. Cooper* s Jus Hnian, I^otes in loc.