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Webster 1913 Edition
Jactitation
1.
(Law)
Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the prejudice of another’s right; false claim.
Mozley & W.
2.
(Med.)
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Jactitation
JAC'TITATION
,Noun.
1.
A tossing of the body; restlessness.2.
A term in the canon law for a false pretension to marriage; vain boasting.Definition 2025
jactitation
jactitation
English
Noun
jactitation (plural jactitations)
- bragging or boasting, especially in a false manner to another's detriment
- (medicine) extreme restlessness; tossing and turning in bed