单词 | nuncupatory |
释义 | nuncupatoryadj. 1. Law. Esp. of a will or testament: oral, verbal; = nuncupative adj. 1. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > [adjective] > oral (of will) nuncupative1467 nuncupatorya1603 a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 463 Lest they should here cavill at the word Testament,..to make it as well nuncupatory and unwritten, as written. 1638 D. Featley Stricturæ in Lyndomastygem ii. 121 in H. Lynde Case for Spectacles They refuse the triall, pretending I know not what nuncupatory will by word of mouth. 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 485 By his nuncupatory Will, which he spake on the 14. day of the same month. 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub ii. 67 You are to be informed, that, of Wills, duo sunt genera, Nuncupatory and Scriptory. 1805 W. Godwin Fleetwood II. xviii. 259 We canvassed the evidence, nuncupatory and scriptory, which might be made useful in the cause. 1860 Q. Rev. Oct. 426 His will appears to have been nuncupatory; for he is described as making a long and pathetic speech on his death-bed. 1878 Galaxy 25 46/1 He religiously respected her nuptial vows, notwithstanding the nuncupatory character of her marriage. 1919 Law Rep., Probate Div. 7 It is not necessary for the validity of a soldier's nuncupatory will to prove that he knew he was making a will. 1948 All Eng. Law Rep. 1 210 In Dalrymple v Campbell..it seems to have been accepted by both parties that a nuncupatory will made by an officer-cadet at Sandhurst after he had received orders to proceed to France were good. 1965 ELH 32 420 Beowulf's speech..closes with a nuncupatory will disposing of his splendid byrnie, explaining its origin. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [adjective] > dedicatory nuncupatory1654 1654 Bp. J. Taylor Real Presence 76 As the Archbishop of Cæsarea..hath enumerated them in his nuncupatory Epistle to Pope Sixtus Quintus. 1679 J. Evelyn Sylva (ed. 3) To Rdr. The many Nuncupatory Epistles to be seen in the fronts of so many learned Volumes. 1692 C. Gildon Post-boy rob'd of his Mail I. xliii. 142 Glory is not confined to the narrow compass of a Nuncupatory Epistle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1603 |
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