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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...
bunglesome
awkward to move or use especially because of shape as a load of bunglesome paraphernalia...
Paraphernal
Of or pertaining to paraphernalia as paraphernal property...
Regalia
That which belongs to royalty Specifically a The rights and prerogatives of a king b Royal estates and revenues c Ensings symbols or paraphernalia of royalty...
Jocalia
Jocalia, jewels, paraphernalia....
Married women's property
Married women's property, At Common Law, a woman, by marrying, transferred the ownership of all her property, real and personal, present and future, to her husband absolutely, so that he might sell, pay his debts out of, give away, or dispose by will of it as he pleased, with these exceptions and modifications:-1) Her freehold estate became his to manage and take the profits of during the joint lives only. After his death, leaving her surviving, it passed to her absolutely; after her death, leaving him surviving, provided that it was an estate in possession and issue who could in her it had been born during the marriage, it passed to him as 'tenant by the curtesy (q.v.) of England,' during his life, and after his death to her heir-at-law.(2) Her leasehold estate, her personal estate in expectancy, and the debts owing to her and other 'choses in action,' became his absolutely if he did some act to appropriate or reduce them into possession during the marriage, or if he survived her. If ...
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