codicil

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codicil

An amendment to a person’s previously executed will, which facilitates leaving a small donation to a particular cause or charity.

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You can write this in your will or add a codicil to your will if you have already written a will.

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But last night Mrs Shuck produced the deathbed codicil drafted by Mrs Loveridge just eight days before the pensioner died.