 "Sacramentum" is the origin of the English word "sacrament", a transition in meaning pointed to by Apuleius's use of the word to refer to religious initiation.In Roman law, a thing given as a pledge or bond was a "sacramentum".The "sacramentum legis actio" was a sum of money deposited in a legal procedure to affirm that both parties to the litigation were acting in good faith.