\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.