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.