单词 | stellature |
释义 | † stellaturen. Roman Law. Obsolete. Some kind of fraud practised by tribunes in the supply of provisions to soldiers. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > concealment of truth > criminal deception fraudc1330 crimen falsi1602 stellature1608 stellionate1622 estafa1903 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 277 When the Tribunes did with-draw from the Souldiours their prouision of victuall and Corne, it is said, Tribunos qui per Stellaturas Militibus aliquid abstulissent, capitali pœna affecit. And therefore Budæus relateth a history of two Tribunes, who for this stellature were worthilie stoned to death. 1618 T. Adams Happines of Church ii. 325 Extortion and Cossenage is prouerbially called Crimen Stellionatus, the sinne of Stellature. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1608 |
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