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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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

  1. 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

  2. Etymology: [L. stellionatus cozenage, trickery, fr. stellio a newt, a crafty, knavish person.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of stellionate in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of stellionate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6


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