jactitation

jactitation
Synonyms and related words:
ague, bluster, boast, boastfulness, boasting, bombast, brag, braggadocio, braggartism, bragging, bravado, bumpiness, chattering, chorea, cold shivers, conceit, fanfaronade, fits and starts, gasconade, gasconism, heroics, jactation, jerkiness, joltiness, palsy, quaking, quavering, quivering, rodomontade, shakes, shaking, shivering, shivers, shuddering, side, spasms, succussion, swagger, trembling, tremulousness, vanity, vaunt, vauntery, vaunting, vibration

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  • jactitation — index jactation, rodomontade Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 jactitation …   Law dictionary

  • Jactitation — Jac ti*ta tion, n. [L. jactitare to utter in public, from jactare. See {Jactancy}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Law) Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the prejudice of another s right; false claim. Mozley & W. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) A frequent… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • jactitation — [jak΄ti tā′shən] n. [ML jactitatio < L jactitare, to utter, tell in public < jactare, to throw: see JET1] 1. the act of bragging 2. Law a false boast or false statement that causes harm to another person 3. Med. restless tossing or jerking… …   English World dictionary

  • Jactitation — Legal JactitationJactitation (from Lat. jactitare , to throw out publicly), in English law, is the maliciously boasting or giving out by one party that he or she is married to the other.In such a case, in order to prevent the common repudiation… …   Wikipedia

  • jactitation — /jaektateyshan/ Boasting of something which is challenged by another. 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… …   Black's law dictionary

  • jactitation — /jaektateyshan/ Boasting of something which is challenged by another. 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… …   Black's law dictionary

  • jactitation — noun Etymology: Late Latin jactitation , jactitatio, from jactitare, frequentative of Latin jactare to throw more at jet Date: 1665 a tossing to and fro or jerking and twitching of the body …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • jactitation — /jak ti tay sheuhn/, n. 1. Law. a false boast or claim that causes injury to another. 2. Pathol. jactation (def. 2). [1625 35; < ML jactitation (s. of jactitatio) tossing, equiv. to L jactitat(us) (ptp. of jactitare, freq. of jactare to throw… …   Universalium

  • jactitation —   n. jactation; false claim.    ♦ jactitation of marriage, false claim to be married to a person …   Dictionary of difficult words

  • Jactitation of marriage — Jactitation Jac ti*ta tion, n. [L. jactitare to utter in public, from jactare. See {Jactancy}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Law) Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the prejudice of another s right; false claim. Mozley & W. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) A… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • jactitation of marriage — noun see jactitation 1b * * * jactitation of marriage (law) Malicious pretence of being married to another person. • • • Main Entry: ↑jactitation * * * archaic false declaration that one is married to a specified person Origin: jactitation in the …   Useful english dictionary

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