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stel·lion·ate
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Stellionatenoun
A kind of crime which is committed [in law] by a deceitful selling of a thing otherwise than it really is: as, if a man should sell that for his own estate which is actually another man’s.
Etymology: stellionat, French; stellionatus, Latin.
It discerneth of crimes of stellionate, and the inchoations towards crimes capital, not actually committed. Francis Bacon.
Webster Dictionary
Stellionatenoun
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
Etymology: [L. stellionatus cozenage, trickery, fr. stellio a newt, a crafty, knavish person.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Stellionate in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Stellionate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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