PARAPHERNAUX, BIENS
\pˈaɹəfənˌɔːks], \pˈaɹəfənˌɔːks], \p_ˈa_ɹ_ə_f_ə_n_ˌɔː_k_s]\
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Fr. In French law. All the wife's properly which is not subject to the riqime dotal is called by this name; and of these articles the wife has the entire administration; but she may allow the husband to enjoy them, and in that ease he is not liable to account. Brown.
By Henry Campbell Black
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dust storm
- a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand a windstorm that lifts up clouds dust or sand; "it was the kind of duster not experienced in years"