'Stellionate' definitions:
Definition of 'Stellionate'
From: GCIDE
- Stellionate \Stel"lion*ate\, n. [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. [1913 Webster]