codicil
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It also included a one-sentence codicil: “I leave my sons Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson and Buckley Swanson Peck Carlson one dollar each.”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2022
When the Greek goddess Eos asked the gods to grant her mortal lover Tithonus eternal life, she neglected to add a necessary codicil to the celestial contract — that he have eternal youth as well.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2019
We can’t have some codicil or letter or joint declaration.
From The Guardian • Jan. 29, 2019
When Judge Barry read the codicil, she reached the same conclusion.
From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2018
The will appears to have been made years before the codicil, and leaves the estate to the eldest son Rupert, and failing him, to Joseph.
From Trevlyn Hold by Wood, Mrs. Henry
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