Jactitation

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the prejudice of another's right; false claim. Mozley & W.

2. A frequent tossing or moving of the body; restlessness, as in delirium. Dunglison. Jactitation of marriage (Eng. Eccl. Law), a giving out or boasting by a party that he or she is married to another, whereby a common reputation of their matrimony may ensue. Blackstone.