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. An imperially granted appointment or special privilege. CODIFICATION codification (kod-<<schwa>>-fi-kay-sh<<schwa>>n), n.1. The process of compiling, arranging, and systema-tizing the laws of a given jurisdiction, or of a discrete branch of the law, into an ordered code. 2. The code that results from this process. [Cases: Statutes  144–148, 231. C.J.S. Statutes §§ 266–275, 374–375.] — codify (kod-<<schwa>>-fI), vb. — codifier (kod-<<schwa>>-fI-<<schwa>>r), n. CODIFYING STATUTE codifying statute.See STATUTE. [Blacks Law 8th]