A false boasting; a false clalm; assertions repeated to the preju-dlce of another's rlght The species of defamation or disparagement of another’s title to real estate known at common law as “slander of title” comes under the head of jactlta-tion, and In some jurisdictions (as in Louisiana) a remedy for this injury is provided under the name of an “action of jactitation
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
