CODICILLUS

codicillus (kod-[schwa]-sil-[schwa]s), n. [Latin “little document”] Roman law. 1. An informal document instructing an heir to carry out a certain performance, usu. the payment of money or the transfer of property to a third person. • During the reign of Augustus (27 B.C.–A.D. 14), directives (fideicommissa) contained in codicilli became legally binding. See FIDEICOMMISSUM. 2. […]