Louisiana law Law in the state of Louisiana is based on a more diverse set of sources than the laws of the other 49 states of the United States. Private law—that is, substantive law between private sector parties, principally contracts and torts—has a ...

, extra-dotal property is that property which forms no part of the

dowry A dowry is a payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage. Dowry contrasts with the related concepts of bride price and dower. While bride price or bride service is a payment ...

of a woman (which would mean that her husband has certain rights to it), but is hers alone. It is also called "paraphernal property", from the Greek for "beyond the dowry", which gives us the word "

paraphernalia Paraphernalia most commonly refers to a group of apparatus, equipment, or furnishing used for a particular activity. For example, an avid sports fan may cover their walls with football and/or basketball paraphernalia. Historical legal term In l ...

".''American Heritage Dictionary''. The

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determined the extent and effect of extradotal law on the rights of married women in Louisiana in the case of '' Fleitas v. Richardson''.

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''Fleitas v. Richardson''
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