STELLIONATE

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.