Nuncupative will

Wills can be of many different types. There are some straightforward statutory wills which are small uncomplicated, or generic.

Some oral–spoken (instead of written) ones are made before a witness, and the Testor speaks out loud to someone else on how the owner of the property/ assets wants their property, like freehold house or other financial asset types, to be distributed after their death. 

Such a will can be honoured when the testator (the person responsible for legalizing the will) believes that the person is about to die.

It is made as an oral statement in front of at least two competent witnesses present with the testator at the time of the statement.

A nuncupative will is also called a death bed will. It is made orally by a person facing a fatal medical condition or imminent peril of death.

The witnesses are specially requested by the person to bear witness to it, implemented through a testamentary statement from a person who thinks they are about to die.  

The testator's statement must include the intended, and it should include the request that the witnesses testify to the will. 

Some conditions associated with it are - 

To honour the will, the testator must die from the perceived threat within a short order. 

The heirs should bring legal action to admit it was made, and the witness should testify. 

Further, it does not change certain financial investment instruments like a retirement accounts, life insurance, investments, and other financial transaction beneficiary designation. It cannot provide any payment on the death benefit.

In some parts of the world, such a will may require a written statement instead of an oral expression, and the witnesses need to validate such legal action.