obtaining land bymisrepresentation. See Dummy, n.
1875. `The Spectator' (Melbourne), June 19, p. 8, col. 2:
«`Larrikinism' was used as a synonym for `blackguardism,'and `dummyism' for perjury.»
1876. `The Argus,' Jan. 26, p. 6, col. 6:
«Mr. Bent thought that a stop should be put to all selectionand dummyism till a land law was introduced.»
1887. J. F. Hogan, `The Irish in Australia, p. 98:
«This baneful and illegal system of land-grabbing is knownthroughout the colonies by the expressive name of `dummyism,'the persons professing to be genuine selectors, desirous ofestablishing themselves on the soil, being actually the agentsor the `dummies of the adjoining squatters.»