Pecunia
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Among the ancients, cattle were the chief form or representative of wealth; hence pecunia, formed from ^ecMS, a flock or herd, came to be a general name, in the Roman law, for property or wealth, and particularly for chattel or movable property. In modern times, it and its derivatives are used altogether in the sense of money.
Pecunia numerata
Money counted; and, secondarily, money paid, counting being an almost inseparable incident of payment.
Pecunia non numerata
Money uncounted, or not paid.
Pecunia aepulchralis
Money anciently paid to the priest at the opening of a grave, for the good of the deceased's soul.
Pecunia trajectilia
Money lent on marine risks.