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Jactitation [fr. jactito, Lat., to boast], a false pretension to marriage, Canon Law.The suit of actitation of marriage (jactitationis matri-monii causa), though a rare proceeding, may still be brought in the Divorce Court by the express terms of the (English) Matrimonial Causes Act,1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 85), s. 6 (replaced by (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 21), 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. See Thompson v. Rourke, 1893 P. 70....
Jactitation of marriage
Jactitation of marriage, means (1) False and action-able boasting or claiming that one is married to another (2) An action against a person who falsely boasts of being married to the complaint, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 838....
Matrimonial causes
Matrimonial causes, suits for the redress of injuries respecting the rights of marriage. They were formerly a branch of the ecclesiastical jurisdiction, but were transferred to the jurisdiction of the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes (now a branch of the High Court of Justice) by 20 & 21 Vict. c. 85.'Matrimonial cause' now means any action for divorce, nullity of marriage, judicial separation, jactitation of marriage or restitution of conjugal rights. (Judicature Act,1925, s. 225)See CONJUGAL RIGHTS; DIVORCE; NULLITY; ADULTERY; MARRIAGE; JUDICIAL SEPARATION; HUSBAND AND WIFE; and ASSIZES; and consult Browne and Latey on Divorce...
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