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What (who) is jactitation - definition
FALSE STATEMENT BY ONE PARTY THAT THEY ARE MARRIED TO THE OTHER
Jactication; Jactitation of marriage
jactitation
[?d?akt?'te??(?)n]
¦ noun Medicine restless tossing or twitching of the body.
Origin
C17: expressive extension of earlier jactation, from L. jactare 'to throw'.
Jactitation
·noun A frequent tossing or moving of the body; restlessness, as in delirium.
II. Jactitation ·noun Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the prejudice of another's right; false claim.
Jactitation
Jactitation or jactitation of marriage is an archaic cause of action in English and in Irish law. Where one person falsely asserts that he or she is married to another, the wronged party could obtain an order restraining further repetitions of the falsehood.
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Jactitation
Jactitation or jactitation of marriage is an archaic cause of action in English and in Irish law. Where one person falsely asserts that he or she is married to another, the wronged party could obtain an order restraining further repetitions of the falsehood. The action was abolished in England in 1986 and in Ireland in 1995.
