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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
NUNCUPATIVE
a.[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.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
NUNCUPATIVE
Nun *cu "pa *tive, a. Etym: [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 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
nuncupative
nun cu pa tive |ˈnəNGkyəˌpātiv ˈnəŋkjəˌpeɪdɪv | ▶adjective Law (of a will or testament ) declared orally as opposed to in writing, esp. by a mortally wounded soldier or sailor. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from late Latin nuncupativus, from Latin nuncupat- ‘named, declared, ’ from the verb nuncupare.
Oxford Dictionary
nuncupative
nuncupative |ˈnʌŋkjʊˌpətɪv | ▶adjective Law (of a will or testament ) declared orally as opposed to in writing, especially by a mortally wounded soldier or sailor. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from late Latin nuncupativus, from Latin nuncupat- ‘named, declared ’, from the verb nuncupare.
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