Latin for Lawyers

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NUNCUPATE [L. nuncupare / to announce publicly, to declare openly; to call by name] To make a public announcement; to confirm. NUNCUPATIVE WILL An oral will or testamentary disposition or declaration made by a testator in his last moments and in extremis , before witnesses sufficient in number to satisfy the laws of the relevant state. A dying testamentary declaration which may be proven by the oral testimony of witnesses. Nuncupative wills are valid only for dispositions of personalty and only in some states. In some states, a nuncupative will is not recognized unless it is reduced to writing within a pre scribed time after it is made. See IN EXTREMIS NUNQUAM INDEBITATUS [L. nunquam / never + indebitus / not owed, not due] (I was) never indebted. The plea interposed by the defendant in a common law action for indebitatus assumpsit in which he denied that he was ever indebted to the plaintiff. See INDEBITATUS ASSUMPSIT NUPTIAL [L. nuptiae / marriage, a wedding] Relating to marriage and, specifically, to the marriage ceremony. Pertaining to a wedding. See MARITUS

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