Parapherna, in the civil law, those goods which a wife brings her husband besides her dower, and which are still to remain at her disposal exclusive of her husband, unless there is some provision made to the contrary in the marriage contract. Some of our English civilians define the paraphernalia to be such goods as a wife challengeth over and above her dower or jointure, after her husband's death; as furniture for her chamber, wearing apparel, and jewels, which are not to be put into the inventory of her husband's goods; and a French civilian calls paraphernalia the moveables, linen, and other female necessaries, which are adjudged to a wife in prejudice of the creditors, when she renounces the succession of her husband.