Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

codicillus

[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. 0 During the reign of Augustus (27 B.C.-A.D. 14), directives (fideicommissa) contained in codicilli became legally binding. See FIDEICOMMISSUM. 2. An imperially granted appointment or special privilege.