Denarius Dei
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat.
In old English law
God's penny
Earnest money. formerly given and received by the parties to contracts, to bind the contract.
Carta 31 Edw. I. m.
4, cited in Cowell, and given at length in Molloy de Jur. Mar. 370 — 380. So called because the money so used was given to God, that is, to the churchy or the poor.
Cowell.
See Argentum Dei, JSamest, Money of adieu. DENARIUS TERTIUS COMITATtJS. L. Lat.
In old English law
The third penny of the county. The third part of the fines and profits arising from the county courts which anciently were reserved to the comes, or earl, as his official stipend. Spelman, voc. Comes, LL. Edw. Conf, c.
31.
Lib. Nig, Scacc, cited ibid, CowelL