What is the meaning of Saltus?

A break of continuity in time.

A leap from premises to conclusion.

conditional of salti

conditional of saltar

A leap, jump, bound, spring; a leaping

A forest or mountain pasture; a pass, dale, ravine, glade.

A defile, a narrow pass

A saltus, a large unit of area equal to four centuriae (approximately 500 acres or 200  hectares), used especially in reference to tracts of public land.

accusative plural masculine of salts

Source: wiktionary.org