Jactitation
Jactitation , noun
[Latin jactitare to utter in public, from jactare. See Jactancy.]
1.
(Law) Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the prejudice of another's right; false claim. — Mozley & W
2.
(Medicine) A frequent tossing or moving of the body; restlessness, as in delirium. — Dunglison
Collocations (1)
Jactitation of marriage (Eng. Ecclesiastical 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