NUNCUPATIVE WILL
\nˈʌnkjuːpətˌɪv wˈɪl], \nˈʌnkjuːpətˌɪv wˈɪl], \n_ˈʌ_n_k_j_uː_p_ə_t_ˌɪ_v w_ˈɪ_l]\
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A will which depends merely upon oral evidence, having been declared or dictated by the testator in his last sickness before a sufficient number of witnesses, and afterwards reduced to writing. Ex parte Thompson, 4 Bradf. Sur. (N. Y.) 154; Sykes v. Sykes, 2 Stew. (Ala.) 367, 20 Am. Dec. 40; Tally v. Butterworth, 10 Yerg. (Tenn.) 502; Ellington v. Dillard, 42 Ga. 379; Succession of Morales, 16 La. Ann. 268.
By Henry Campbell Black
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