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“codicil”

Defined in 2 Acts. A definition holds for the Act that gives it; the same word can mean something else in another Act.
  1. The Indian Succession Act, 1925 · s. 2

    (b) "codicil" means an instrument made in relation to a Will, and explaining, altering or adding to its dispositions, and shall be deemed to form part of the Will; 3[(bb) "District Judge" means the Judge of a Principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction;]
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  2. The Oudh Estates Act, 1869 · s. 2

    "Codicil".—" Codicil" means an instrument made in relation to a Will, and explaining, altering, or adding to its dispositions: It is considered as forming an additional part of the Will; "Signed."—" Signed " applies to the affixing of a mark ; "Registered."—" Registered " means registered according to the provisions of the rules relating to the registration of assurances for the time being in force in Oudh ; "Minor." "Minority."—" Minor " means any person who shall not have completed the age of eighteen years, and "minority" means the status of such person ; " Taluqdár. "—"Taluqdár" means any person whose name is entered in the first of the lists mentioned in section eight ; " Grantee. "—"Grantee" means any person upon whom the proprietary right in an estate has been conferred by a special grant of the British Government, and whose name is entered in the fifth or sixth of the lists menti…
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