STELLIONATES

Noun

stellionates

plural of stellionate

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Source: Wiktionary


STELLIONATE

Stel"lion*ate, n. Etym: [L. stellionatus cozenage, trickery, fr. stellio a newt, a crafty, knavish person.] (Scots & Roman Law)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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