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She was suing him for a separation, and property, dotal and paraphernal.

From The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest by Sparks, William Henry

Extradotal property, otherwise called paraphernal property, is that which forms no part of the dowry.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Harper, Ida Husted

The wife, however, retains ownership of the paraphernal property, which consists of such property as the wife brings to the marriage, not included in the dowry.

From Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Ringrose, Hyacinthe

By causing her claims on account of her separate or paraphernal estate to be recorded, she secures a mortgage against her husband's lands and the lands of the community.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady