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See also:PARAPHERNALIA (See also:Lat. paraphernalia, sc. See also:bona, from Gr. aapaq5epva; impel, beside, and (*vii, See also:dower) , a See also:term originally of See also:Roman See also:law, signifying all the See also:property which a married woman who was sui furls held apart from her See also:dower (dos) . A See also:husband could not See also:deal with such except with his wife's consent . See also:Modern systems of law, which are based on the Roman, mainly follow the same principle, and the word preserves its old meaning . In See also:English and Scottish law the term is confined to articles of See also:jewelry, See also:dress and other purely See also:personal things, for the law See also:relating to which, see HUSBAND AND WIFE . The word is also used in a See also:general sense of accessories, See also:external equipment, cumbersome or showy trappings . |
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