|
|
Definition of Nuncupative
1. a. Publicly or solemnly declaratory.
Definition of Nuncupative
1. Adjective. Oral; not written. ¹
2. Adjective. (obsolete) Publicly or solemnly declaratory. ¹
3. Adjective. (obsolete) Nominal; existing only in name. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nuncupative
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nuncupative
Literary usage of Nuncupative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"The most important additional requisite not mentioned by Black- stono is that
the substance of the nuncupative will shall be reduced to writing, ..."
2. Law of Wills, Executors and Administrators by James Schouler (1915)
"Informal Writings, whether upheld as nuncupative Wills. Seventh, as to whether
informal writings may ever be upheld is nuncupative wills. ..."
3. Handbook of the Law of Wills by George Enos Gardner, Walter Thomas Dunmore (1916)
"nuncupative Wills of Soldiers and Sailors. 15. nuncupative Wills Pass ...
A nuncupative will is an oral will declared by the testator before witnesses. 13. ..."
4. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"Originally nuncupative wills were valid, though not made in sickness. ... The only
nuncupative wills now allowed are those made by soldiers and sailors. ..."
5. Commentaries on the Law of Wills: Embracing Execution, Interpretation and by John E. Alexander (1917)
"Definition of a nuncupative will. § 160. During the ages when the art of writing was
... The law of nuncupative wills derived from the civil law. § 163. ..."
6. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1891)
"afterward.1 If the party recover, the nuncupative will falls to the ground. ...
The common law imposed no restrictions as to the place where nuncupative ..."
7. A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators by Edward Vaughan Williams, Roland Lomax Vaughan Williams, Joseph Fitz Randolph, William Talcott (1895)
"the nuncupative will could not be sustained, Carroll v. ... Sadler, ubi supra,
The endeavor to dispose of real estate by a nuncupative will is considered ..."
Other Resources:
