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Jactitation

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Throwing out; a false boasting.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

An involuntary convulsive muscular movement. See 46 La. Ann. 1189, 49 Am. St. Rep. 348, 24 L. R. A. 589, 15 South. 388. A false boast.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Boasting of something which is challenged by another. Moz. & W. The word is used principally with reference to jactitation of marriage, which title see. In Eouisiana, it is the name used as an action for slander of title to laud. Jactitation of right to a scat in a church appears to be the boasting by a man that he has a right or title to a pew or sitting in a church to which he has legally no title. Jactitation’ of tithes is the boasting by a man that he is entitled to certain tithes, to which he has legally no title. See Bog. Ecc. L. 48;^

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A false boasting; a false claim; assertions repeated to the prejudice of another's right. The species of defamation or disparagement of another's title to real estate known at common law as "slan-'der of title" comes under the head of jactitation, and In some jurisdictions (as in Louisiana) a remedy for this injury is provided under the name of an "action of jactitation."
—Jactitation of a right to a church sitting appears to be the boasting by a man that he has a right or title to a pew or sitting in a church to which he has legally no title.

Jactitation of marriage. In English ecclesiastical law. The boasting or giving out by a party that he or she is married to some other, whereby a common reputation of their matri-mquy may ensue. To defeat that result, the person may be put to a proof of the actual marriage failing which proof, he or she is put to silence about it. 3 Bl. Comm. 93.

Jactitation of tithes. the boasting by a man that he is entitled to certain tithes to which he has legally no title. In medical jurisprudence. Involuntary, convulsive muscular movement; restless agitation or tossing of the body to and fro. Leman v. Insurance Co., 46 La. Ann. 1189, 15 South. 388, 24 In R. A. 589, 49 Am. St Rep. 348.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

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A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A false boasting; a