nun·cu·pa·tive (n n ky -p  t v, nng-, nn-ky p-tv)adj. Law Delivered orally to witnesses rather than written: a nuncupative will. [Medieval Latin n  ncupt vus, from Late Latin, so-called, from Latin nncuptus, past participle of nncupre, to name : n men, name; see n -men- in Indo-European roots + capere, to take; see kap- in Indo-European roots.] |
nuncupative [ˈnʌŋkjʊˌpeɪtɪv nʌŋˈkjuːpətɪv]
adj
(Law) (of a will) declared orally by the testator and later written down
[from Late Latin nuncupātīvus nominal, from Latin nuncupāre to name]
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