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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Paraphernalia, n. pl. [Med. L. and e.m.E. (1651).] Those articles of personal property which were legally appropriated to the wife and not part of her husband's estate. —a1633 Hope Major Pract. I. 136. 1663 Justiciary Rec. I. 82 (see Jocalia n. pl.).
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