Lyon Court Act 1857

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legislation
gptkbp:addressed issues of separation and divorce
gptkbp:allows petition for divorce
gptkbp:amends subsequent legislation
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:England_and_Wales
gptkbp:createdBy new legal procedures
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
Judicature Acts 1873-1875
gptkbp:established Lyon_Court
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lyon Court Act 1857
gptkbp:impact legal proceedings in divorce cases
gptkbp:includes provisions for child custody
gptkbp:influenced decisions on divorce
future family law reforms
gptkbp:influencedBy previous court acts
gptkbp:introduced Lord Chancellor
gptkbp:isActiveIn sociological studies
gptkbp:isAssociatedWith social change
gptkbp:isCelebratedFor its impact on family law
gptkbp:isChallengedBy traditionalists
subsequent legal reforms
modern family law statutes
gptkbp:isCitedIn legal textbooks
in_Parliament
gptkbp:isConsidered legal historians
a landmark in legal history
gptkbp:isCriticizedFor its limitations
gptkbp:isDiscussedIn historical analyses
gptkbp:isDocumentedIn legal archives
gptkbp:isEvaluatedBy legal scholars
gptkbp:isExaminedBy law reviews
gptkbp:isFacilitatedBy in its time
gptkbp:isLinkedTo women's rights movements
gptkbp:isLocatedIn by local courts
gptkbp:isNotedFor its progressive stance
gptkbp:isPartOf legal reform movements
legal curriculum
the history of divorce law
gptkbp:isRecognizedFor a_pivotal_law_in_English_history
gptkbp:isReferencedBy legal practitioners
gptkbp:isReferencedIn court cases
gptkbp:isStudiedIn law schools
gptkbp:ledTo increased access to divorce
gptkbp:legalStatus women in divorce cases
gptkbp:provides judicial separation
gptkbp:purpose to_reform_the_court_system_in_England
gptkbp:reform court jurisdiction
gptkbp:related_to marital disputes
gptkbp:relatedTo family law
gptkbp:sets grounds for divorce
gptkbp:significance marked a shift in legal practices
gptkbp:wasPartOf Victorian legal reforms
gptkbp:wasSupportedBy reformists
gptkbp:yearEstablished 1857