"stellionate" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: stellionates [plural]
Etymology: From Latin stellionatus (“cozenage, trickery”), from stellio (“a newt, a crafty, knavish person”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|stellionatus|t=cozenage, trickery}} Latin stellionatus (“cozenage, trickery”), {{m|la|stellio|t=a newt, a crafty, knavish person}} stellio (“a newt, a crafty, knavish person”) Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: Ancient-Rome, Scotland Categories (topical): Ancient Rome, Law
    Sense id: en-stellionate-en-noun-6Pq1ARzS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Scottish English Topics: law

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