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.