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Webster 1913 Edition

Stellionate

Stel′lion-ate

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Noun.
[L.
stellionatus
cozenage, trickery, fr.
stellio
a newt, a crafty, knavish person.]
(Scots & Roman Law)
Any fraud not distinguished by a more special name; – chiefly applied to sales of the same property to two different persons, or selling that for one’s own which belongs to another, etc.
Erskine.

Webster 1828 Edition

Stellionate

STELLIONATE

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Noun.
[Low L.] In law, the crime of selling a thing deceitfully for what it is not, as to sell that for ones own which belongs to another. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024

stellionate

stellionate

English

Noun

stellionate ‎(plural stellionates)

  1. (law, Scotland, Ancient Rome) Any fraud not distinguished by a more special name; chiefly applied to sales of the same property to two different persons, or selling that for one's own which belongs to another, etc.
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Etymology

Latin stellionatus cozenage, trickery, from stellio a newt, a crafty, knavish person.

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