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An Act to amend the law relating to the property of married women. Citation: 33 & 34 Vict. c. 93: Territorial extent England and Wales: Dates; Royal assent: 9 August 1870: Repealed: 1 January 1883 [2] Other legislation; Amended by: Married Women's Property Act 1870 Amendment Act 1874: Repealed by: Married Women's Property Act 1882: Relates to
The act applied in England (and Wales) and Ireland, but did not extend to Scotland. [3] The Married Women's Property Act was a model for similar legislation in other British territories. For example, Victoria passed legislation in 1884, New South Wales in 1889, and the remaining Australian colonies passed similar legislation between 1890 and 1897.
United States, Kansas: Married Women's Property Act granted married women separate economy. [37] 1860. Norway: Women are allowed to teach in the rural elementary school system (in the city schools in 1869). [23] New Zealand: Married women allowed to own property (extended in 1870). [9]
The Great Reform Bill of 1832 widened the franchise (immediately before this, only a small number of men, and even fewer women, could vote), although it would be 1918 before all men could vote (women would wait until 1928 in Great Britain, and until the 1970s in Northern Ireland).
Ireland: The Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 (Act No.35 of 2013; previously Bill No.66 of 2013) was an Act of the Oireachtas, which, until 2018, defined the circumstances and processes within which abortion in Ireland could be legally performed. North Macedonia: The 2013 Law on Termination of Pregnancy (in force 2013–2019).
Text of the Married Women's Property Act 1893 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. The Married Women's Property Act 1893 ( 56 & 57 Vict. c. 63) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that significantly altered English law regarding the property rights granted to married women.
Particularly with the Liber Judiciorum as codified 642/643 and expanded on in the Code of Recceswinth in 653, women could inherit land and title and manage it independently from their husbands or male relations, dispose of their property in legal wills if they had no heirs, and women could represent themselves and bear witness in court by age ...
The Married Women's Property Act 1884 (47 & 48 Vict. c. 14) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act relates solely to the giving of evidence in criminal matters, by husband and wife.