NUNCU'PATORY, adjective [Latin , 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.
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