Married Women's Property Act 1882

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:category gptkb:Acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_concerning_England_and_Wales
gptkb:Women's_rights_legislation
1882 in law
1882 in the United Kingdom
gptkbp:citation gptkb:45_&_46_Vict._c._75
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:effect allowed married women to enter contracts
allowed married women to own and control property in their own right
allowed married women to sue and be sued in their own name
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:enteredIntoForce 1 January 1883
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Married Women's Property Act 1882
gptkbp:influenced subsequent women's property rights legislation
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:Ireland
England and Wales
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:longTitle An Act to consolidate and amend the Acts relating to the Property of Married Women.
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Married_Women's_Property_Act_1870
gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent 18 August 1882
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Law_Reform_(Married_Women_and_Tortfeasors)_Act_1935
partially
gptkbp:subject women's rights
property law
married women
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sir_George_Osborne_Morgan
gptkb:Married_Women's_Property_Act_1870
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7