Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Nuncupative

Nuncupative , adjective

[Latin nuncupativus nominal: compare French nuncupatif.]

1.
Publicly or solemnly declaratory. [Obsolete]
2.
Nominal; existing only in name. [Obsolete]
3.
Oral; not written.
Collocations (1)
Nuncupative will or Nuncupative 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