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Nuncupative Will

 
Investment Dictionary: Nuncupative Will

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.

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Nuncupative wills are usually considered invalid, especially when they contradict an existing legal will.


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Oral will, which is seldom valid.

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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

The oral expression of a person's wishes as to the disposition of his or her property to be performed or to take effect after the person's death, dictated by the person in his or her final illness before a sufficient number of witnesses and afterward reduced to writing.

Such wills are invalid in certain states and in others are valid only under certain circumstances.

 
 
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