- stellionate
- The unauthorized sale of a piece of property
Grandiloquent dictionary. 2006.
stellionate
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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,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stellionate — /stel yeuh nit, nayt /, n. Civil Law, Scots Law. any crime of unspecified class that involves fraud, esp. one that involves the selling of the same property to different people. [1615 25; < L stellionatus deceit, underhandedness, equiv. to… … Universalium
stellionate — n. crime that involves fraud (especially one that involves the selling of a single piece of property to different persons) … English contemporary dictionary
stellionate — stel·lion·ate … English syllables
stellionate — /stelyaneyt/ In civil law, a name given generally to all species of frauds committed in making contracts but particularly to the crime of aliening the same subject to different persons … Black's law dictionary
stellionate — Fraud committed in entering into a contract for the sale of property which the vendor has previously sold … Ballentine's law dictionary
stellionate — ˈstelyənə̇t, ˌnāt, usu d.+V noun ( s) Etymology: Late Latin stellionatus, from Latin stellion , stellio crafty person (literally, a lizard marked with star shaped spots, from stella star) + atus ate Roman, civil, & Scots law : a fraud not dist … Useful english dictionary
