Pin-money in United Kingdom

Meaning of Pin-money

The following is an old definition of Pin-money [1]: Money allowed by a man to his wife for her personal expenses. Anciently, a tax was laid for providing the queen with pins. Not a gift out and out, but a sum set apart for a specific purpose. The husband may find the wife in apparel instead of paying this apparel-money, as it may be called.

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Notes and References

1. Concept of Pin-money provided by the Anderson Dictionary of Law (1889) (Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims and an Exposition of the Principles of Law: Comprising a Dictionary and Compendium of American and English Jurisprudence; William C. Anderson; T. H. Flood and Company, Law Publishers, Chicago, United States)