Married Women's Property Act 1882
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:legislation
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gptkbp:addressed |
property disputes involving married women
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gptkbp:amended_by |
gptkb:Married_Women's_Property_Act_1893
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gptkbp:applies_to |
married women
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gptkbp:effective_date |
1882
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gptkbp:enacted_by |
gptkb:government_agency
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gptkbp:enforces |
courts in the UK
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gptkbp:established |
separate property rights for married women
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gptkbp:followed_by |
gptkb:Married_Women's_Property_Act_1907
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Married Women's Property Act 1882
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gptkbp:impact |
increased financial independence for women
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gptkbp:influenced |
future legislation on women's rights
subsequent property laws |
gptkbp:influenced_by |
feminist movements of the 19th century
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gptkbp:is_cited_in |
legal cases involving women's property rights
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gptkbp:is_considered |
a landmark law
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gptkbp:is_criticized_for |
some legal traditionalists
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gptkbp:is_discussed_in |
legal textbooks
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gptkbp:is_part_of |
the history of women's suffrage
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gptkbp:is_recognized_by |
legal scholars
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gptkbp:is_referenced_in |
historical analyses of women's rights
legal history of the UK |
gptkbp:is_supported_by |
women's rights activists
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gptkbp:led_to |
greater awareness of women's legal rights
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gptkbp:part_of |
legal reforms in the 19th century
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gptkbp:preceded_by |
common law restrictions on married women's property
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gptkbp:purpose |
to give married women control over their own property
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gptkbp:related_to |
women's rights
marriage laws |
gptkbp:repealed_by |
gptkb:Law_Reform_(Married_Women_and_Tortfeasors)_Act_1935
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gptkbp:significance |
marked a change in the legal status of married women
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gptkbp:social_responsibility |
property ownership
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Passage_of_the_Married_Women's_Property_Acts
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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