Married Women's Property Act 1870

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:citation	gptkb:33_&_34_Vict._c._93
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:dateEnacted	1870
gptkbp:effect	allowed married women to keep earnings and inherit property allowed married women to own and control property in their own right
gptkbp:enactedBy	gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	first major step in the legal recognition of married women's property rights in the UK
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Married Women's Property Act 1870
gptkbp:longTitle	gptkb:An_Act_to_amend_the_Law_relating_to_the_Property_of_Married_Women.
gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent	9 August 1870
gptkbp:relatedLegislation	gptkb:Married_Women's_Property_Act_1882 gptkb:Married_Women's_Property_Act_1893
gptkbp:repealedBy	gptkb:Married_Women's_Property_Act_1882 yes
gptkbp:shortName	gptkb:Married_Women's_Property_Act_1870
gptkbp:subject	women's rights property law marriage law
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Caroline_Norton
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6