What is "jactitation of marriage"

Jactitation \Jac"ti*ta"tion\, n. [L. jactitare to utter in public, from jactare. See Jactancy.]

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

2. (Med.) 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.

n. (context UK legal English) 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.