Definition for JAC-TI-TA'TION

JAC-TI-TA'TION, n. [L. jactito, jacto. It ought rather to be jactatian, L. jactatio.]

  1. A tossing of the body; restlessness. – Harvey.
  2. A term in the canon law for a false pretension to marriage; vain boasting. – Johnson.

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