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stellionates

stellionates is the plural of stellionate.

Meaning of stellionate

Noun

stellionate (plural stellionates)

  1. (Ancient-Rome, Scotland) 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.
    • The crime of stellionate[…]includes every fraud which is not distinguished by a special name; but it is chiefly applied to conveyances of the same numerical right granted by the proprietor to different disponees1754, John Erskine of Carnock, Principles of the Law of Scotland

Questions about stellionates

What is stellionates the plural of?
Stellionates is the plural of stellionate.

Words near stellionates in the dictionary

  1. Stellingwarfs
  2. Stellingwerfs
  3. stellio
  4. stellion
  5. stellionate
  6. stellionates
  7. stellions
  8. stellite
  9. stellites
  10. stellium
  11. stelliums

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