Stellionate Definition

noun

(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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Noun

Singular:
stellionate
Plural:
stellionates

Origin of Stellionate

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

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