adj. Law Relating to or being a will that is delivered orally to witnesses rather than written. [Medieval Latin nūncupātīvus, from Late Latin, so-called, from Latin nūncupātus, past participle of nūncupāre, to name : nōmen, name; see n-men- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + capere, to take; see kap- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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