extradotal property

Civil law. 1. That portion of a wife’s property over which she has complete control. 2. All of a wife’s effects that have not been settled on her as dowry; any property that a wife owns apart from her dowry.

• In Louisiana, after January 1, 1980, all property acquired by the wife that is not community is neither dotal nor extradotal; it is simply her separate property, as has always been true of the husband. La. Civ. Code art. 2341.

— Also termed paraphernal property. Cf. dotal property.

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