/stel"yeuh nit, -nayt'/ , n. Civil Law, Scots Law.
any crime of unspecified class that involves fraud, esp. one that involves the selling of the same property to different people.
[ 1615-25; stellionatus deceit, underhandedness, equiv. to stellion- (s. of stellio ) lizard, crafty person + -atus -ATE 3 ]