Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Roman law, the property which a bride possessed and reserved over and above the dowry she brought to her husband; that portion of the wife's property which was held by her under the strict law applicable to a woman marrying without coming under the hand.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Rom. Law) The property of a woman which, on her marriage, was not made a part of her dower, but remained her own.
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- noun law, historical A
woman 'sproperty which was not made a part of hermarriage dower but remained her own.
Etymologies
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Latin
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Medieval Latin paraphernlia, neuter plural of paraphernlis, pertaining to the parapherna, a married woman’s property exclusive of her dowry, from the Greek : para beyond + phern-dowry.
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