denier a dieu

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denier a dieu - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  DENIER A DIEU, French law. It is a sum of money which the hirer of a thing 
  gives to the other party as evidence, or for the consideration of the * 
  contract, which either party may annul, within twenty-four hours, the one 
  who, giving the denier a dieu, by demanding, and the other by returning it. 
  It differs from arrhae. Vide Arrhae; Denarius Dei.