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The Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 85) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.The Act reformed the law on divorce, moving litigation from the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts to the civil courts, establishing a model of marriage based on contract rather than sacrament and widening the availability of divorce beyond those who could afford to bring proceedings ...
The Matrimonial Causes Acts 1857 to 1878 was the collective title of the following Acts: [1] The Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 ( 20 & 21 Vict. c. 85) The Matrimonial Causes Act 1858 ( 21 & 22 Vict. c. 108)
In the history of the courts of England and Wales, the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes was created by the Matrimonial Causes Act 1857, which transferred the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts in matters matrimonial to the new court so created.
The Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 moved litigation from the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts to the civil courts, establishing a model of marriage based on contract rather than sacrament and widening the availability of divorce beyond those who could afford to bring proceedings for annulment or to promote a private Bill.
An Act to amend the Act relating to Divorce and Matrimonial Causes in England, Twentieth and Twenty-first Victoria, Chapter Eighty-five. Citation: 27 & 28 Vict. c. 44: Territorial extent England and Wales: Dates; Royal assent: 14 July 1864: Repealed: 23 March 1965: Other legislation; Amends: Matrimonial Causes Act 1857: Repealed by ...
Prior to 1867 Divorce allowing remarriage could only be obtained through a Private Act of Parliament in England. [2] 1867 The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act 1867 [3] was passed. This Act was virtually identical to the equivalent law passed in England in 1857. [2] Judgement on divorce proceedings was transferred from Parliament to the courts.
United Kingdom: Matrimonial Causes Act 1890; Greece: Universities open to women. [86] Norway: Married women gained majority status by law. Another law ended the authority of the husband over the wife. The man retained control of the home of the couple, but the woman could now freely dispose of the fruit of his work.
His principal legislative achievements were the passing of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1857, and of the Land Registry Act 1862 (generally known as Lord Westbury's Act), the latter of which in practice proved a failure. What chiefly distinguished Lord Westbury was the possession of a certain sarcastic humour; and numerous are the stories ...