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41. ( Latham.) 2. In the law of wills, oral; not written; made or declared by word of mouth. A nuncupative will is made by the verbal declaration of the testator, and usually depends merely on oral testimony for proof. Nuncupative wills are now sanctioned when made by soldiers in actual military service, or mariners or seamen at sea. In Scots law, a nuncupative legacy is good to the extent of £100 Scots, or £8 68. 8d. sterling. If it exceed that sum it will be effectual to that extent, if the legatee choose so to restrict it, but ineffectual as to the rest. A nuncupative or verbal nomination of an executor is ineffectual. He left me a small legacy in a nuncupative will, as a token of his kindne for me. Franklin , Autobiography, p. 88. Our ancestors in old times very frequently put off the making of their wills until warned by serious sickne that their end was near, and such hasty instruments, often nuncupative and uncertain, led to frequent disputes in law. Record Soc. of Lancashire and Cheshire, XII. 9. nuncupatory (nung kū-pa-to-ri), a . [= Sp. Pg. nun cup a to rio, nun cup at or , a namer, nuncupare , pp. nuncupatus , call by name: see nuncupate.] Nuncupative; oral. By his [Griffith Powell's] nuncupatory will he left all his estate to that [Jesus] Coll., amounting to 6841. 178. 2d. Wood, Athensæ Oxon., I. 452. Wills... nuncupatory and scriptory. IMG:content-1514.jpg:[graphic] Swift , Tale of a Tub, ii. nundinal (nun'di-nal), a . and n. [L. * nundi nalis (once, in a doubtful reading), pertaining to a fair, nundinæ , pl. of nundina , a ninth day (because the market-day fell upon such days), hence trade, sale, fem. of nundinus , of the ninth day, , nine, + dies , a day: see nine and dial.] I. a. Pertaining to a fair or to a market-day.-Nundinal letter, among the ancient Romans, one of the first eight letters of the alphabet, which were repeated succe ively from the first to the last day of the year. One always expre ed the market-day, which was the ninth day from the market-day preceding (both inclusive).