Nuncupative Definition

nŭnkyə-pātĭv, nŭng-, nŭn-kyo͝opə-tĭv
adjective
Relating to or being a will that is delivered orally to witnesses rather than written.
American Heritage
Oral, not written.
Webster's New World

Origin of Nuncupative

  • Medieval Latin nūncupātīvus from Late Latin so-called from Latin nūncupātus past participle of nūncupāre to name nōmen name nō̆-men- in Indo-European roots capere to take kap- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin nuncupātÄ«vus (“nominal").

    From Wiktionary

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