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Webster 1913 Edition


Nuncupatory

Nun-cu′pa-to-ry

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Adj.
Nuncupative; oral.

Webster 1828 Edition


Nuncupatory

NUNCU'PATORY

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Adj.
[L., to declare.]
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.