(pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness (law) a false boast that can harm others; especially a false claim to be married to someone (formerly actionable at law)
{i} false claim which harms another (Law); restlessness, tossing back and forth (Pathology); act of bragging, speaking of oneself in superlatives
(pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness
A false boast designed to increase standing at the expense of another This used to form the basis of an ancient legal petition called "jactitation of marriage" wherein a person could be ordered by the courts to cease claims of being married to a certain person when, in fact, they were not married The tort of slander of title is a form of jactitation