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Webster 1913 Edition
Nuncupative
Nun-cu′pa-tive
,Adj.
[L.
nuncupativus
nominal: cf. F. nuncupatif
.] 1.
Publicly or solemnly declaratory.
[Obs.]
2.
Nominal; existing only in name.
[Obs.]
3.
Oral; not written.
Nuncupative will
or Nuncupative testament
a will or testament made by word of mouth only, before witnesses, as by a soldier or seaman, and depending on oral testimony for proof.
Blackstone.
Webster 1828 Edition
Nuncupative
NUNCU'PATIVE
,Adj.
1.
Nominal; existing only in name.2.
Publicly or solemnly declaratory.3.
Verbal, not written. A nuncupative will or testament is one which is made by the verbal declaration of the testator, and depends merely on oral testimony for proof, though afterwards reduced to writing.