Married Women’s Property Act
GPTKB entity
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:legislation
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| gptkbp:appliesTo |
married women
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| gptkbp:category |
English law
women’s rights legislation |
| gptkbp:dateEnacted |
gptkb:United_Kingdom
1870 1882 |
| gptkbp:fullTitle |
gptkb:Married_Women’s_Property_Act_1870
gptkb:Married_Women’s_Property_Act_1882 |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Married Women’s Property Act
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| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:women’s_rights_movement
similar laws in other countries |
| gptkbp:jurisdiction |
gptkb:Ireland
England and Wales Scotland (with variations) |
| gptkbp:mainProvision |
allowed married women to enter contracts
allowed married women to sue and be sued protected earnings of married women allowed married women to own property in their own right |
| gptkbp:purpose |
to allow married women to own and control property
to improve legal rights of married women |
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
coverture
women’s suffrage |
| gptkbp:repealedBy |
various subsequent acts
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Bahamas_law
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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