Stellionate
Pronunciation : Stel"lion*ate
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. stellionatus cozenage, trickery, fr. stellio a newt, a crafty, knavish person.] (Scots & Roman Law)
Definition : Defn: 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
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