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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

denarius

n. [Law Latin "penny"] 1. Roman law. The principal silver coin used by the Romans. 2. Hist. An English penny; a pence. 3. (pl.) Slang. Money in generalPI. denarii. - Also termed denier.

denarius Dei

n. [Law Latin "God's penny"] Hist. Earnest money exchanged by contracting parties, so called because the money was originally given either to the church or to the poor. ( The denarius Dei was not part of the consideration. See ARRA.