JACTITATION

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the prejudice of another's right; false claim. Mozley & W.

2.
n.

A frequent tossing or moving of the body; restlessness, as in delirium. Dunglison. Jactitation of marriage (Eng. Eccl. Law), a giving out or boasting by a party that he or she is married to another, whereby a common reputation of their matrimony may ensue. Blackstone.


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