In the civil law. The separate property of a married woman, other than that which is included In her dowry, or doa. The separate property of the wife is divided into dotal and extradotal. Dotal property is that which the wife brings to the husband to assist him in bearing the expenses of the marriage establishment. Extradotal property, otherwise called “paraphernal property,” is that which forms no part of the dowry. Civ. Code La. art. 2335. The wife’s paraphernalia shall not be subject to the debts or contracts of the husband, and shall consist of the apparel of herself and her children, her watch, and ornaments suitable to her condition in life, and all such articles of personalty as have been given to her for her own use and comfort Code Ga. 1882, 1773. In English law. Those goods which a woman is allowed to have, after the death of her husband, besides her dower, consisting of her apparel and ornaments, suitable to her rank and degree. 2 Bl. Comm. 436.