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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nuncupative  \Nun*cu"pa*tive\,  a.  [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. 

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