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Wearing apparel

Wearing apparel, dress or personal clothing intended for wearing must be deemed to be wearing apparel, Hiralal Choudhary v. Hariram Khetan, AIR 1974 Pat 39....

Apparel

Apparel. The penal laws against excess in this luxury were repealed by 1 Jac. 1, c. 25....

Paraphernalia [fr. pap', Gk., beyond; and fer'h, dower], jewellery and ornaments which a husband has given to his wife before or during marriage. Whether these were meant to be absolute gifts or were merely paraphernalia for her adornment as a spouse is a question of fact, Tasker v. Tasker, 1895, P. 1. At law, before the Married Women's Property Act (see MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY), the husband, in his lifetime might dispose of his wife's paraphernalia; excepting, indeed, her necessary apparel; and they were liable to the claims of the husband's creditors, with the like exception. But the wife was entitled to her paraphernalia against his representatives; for the husband could not, by will, dispose of them, or leave them to his represen-tatives Paraphernalia were deemed gifts sub modo only, i.e., for the purpose of being worn by the wife as ornaments of her person, and it is otherwise in the case of wearing apparel purchased by the wife with money supplied by the husband, Masson, Templie...