An oral will dictated by the testator before witnesses during a final illness and later converted to writing.
One that is given orally, in the presence of witnesses, usually during one's last illness under circumstances that make it impossible to prepare a written will.
an oral or unwritten will, declared by the testator in his last sickness and in the presence of wit-nesses, and later reduced to writing by someone other than the testator
An oral will declared by the testator in his or her final illness, made before witnesses and then created in legal written form.
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An oral will, usually in a deathbed situation, before witnesses who later testify to its authenticity.
An oral will made by a testator/testatrix, before an insufficient number of witnesses, just prior to death. Nuncupative wills depend on the oral testimony of those witnesses present as proof. They are illegal in several states and are enforceable in others only if they meet specific guidelines.
A verbal will that must have two witnesses and can only deal with the distribution of personal property. A nuncupative will is considered a "deathbed" will, meaning that it is a safety for people struck with a terminal illness and robbed of the ability or time to draft a proper written will.
