| 单词 | jactitation of marriage |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjactitation of marriage b. Law. jactitation of marriage: see quots. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > [noun] > false boast of marriage jactitation of marriage1685 1685 H. Consett Pract. Spiritual Courts 252 The Defendant being cited in a Cause of Jactitation or Boasting of Marriage. 1773 Gentleman's Mag. 43 101 The long contested cause of Jactitation, brought by the Hon. Thomas Harvey against his lady, after a cohabitation of eighteen years. 1883 Wharton's Law-lexicon (ed. 7) 432/1 The suit of jactitation of marriage..which is not known to modern practice, may still be brought in the Divorce Court by the express terms of 20 and 21 Vict. c. 85, s. 6, when a person falsely boasts that he or she is married to another whereby a reputation of their marriage may ensue. The party injured sues for the purpose of having perpetual silence enjoined upon the unjustifiable boaster. 1892 Daily News 12 July 2/4 The case of ‘Thompson v. Rourke’ ..is a suit marked ‘Jactitation’, and is of a very novel character, it being thirty years since such a case was before the Court. < as lemmas |
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