codicil

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codicil

Law a supplement modifying a will or revoking some provision of it

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Apart from the unexecuted codicil what is Geoffrey Delamayn's position in the will?

After the feeling that he has shown in the matter, I believe he would sign the codicil.

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Now, I have only one thing more to say, you hammer- headed woman, and that is, that I haven't altogether made up my mind whether I might, or might not, have ever given you any trouble about the codicil.

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Glegg; and I've saved it, and added to it myself, and had more to put out almost every year, and it's to go and be sunk in other folks' furniture, and encourage 'em in luxury and extravagance as they've no means of supporting; and I'm to alter my will, or have a codicil made, and leave two or three hundred less behind me when I die,--me as have allays done right and been careful, and the eldest o' the family; and my money's to go and be squandered on them as have had the same chance as me, only they've been wicked and wasteful.

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He spoke of codicils and trusts, wherefores, and bequests, Something about due diligence, and residue of assets.

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We refer to a newly minted set of penalty levels that independent insurance agents and brokers would face for violating some of the thousands of regulatory restraints and codicils in New York Insurance Law.

Increased fines against insurance producers--another bad idea for New York's main street businesses

Unless the court directs otherwise, the personal representative of a testate estate must, upon written request, furnish a copy of the will and all codicils admitted to probate to any person on whom the notice of administration was served.

Code and Rules of evidence committee and Florida probate rules committee joint report

The testament and codicils are examined here as autobiographical documents, which reveal the queenAEs aesthetic choices, her relationships with others in her household, how she exercised her power, and the value and meaning she assigned to her possessions.

Material Culture and Queenship in 14th-Century France: The Testament of Blanche of Navarre (1331-1398)

2) Challenges were made by members of Betty's family to both the 2001 Will and the 1999 Will, and to two Codicils made in the intervening period.

Developments in case law on human rights and the older person

Locate safe deposit box, will, codicils, trust, and other estate-planning documents;

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Throughout November, participating local solicitors are donating their services to wildlife and wetland conservation by drawing up basic wills or codicils for WWT supporters, free of charge.