Married Women’s Property Act 1882

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:appliesTo	gptkb:Ireland England and Wales Scotland (in part)
gptkbp:category	gptkb:Property_law_of_the_United_Kingdom gptkb:United_Kingdom_Acts_of_Parliament_1882 gptkb:Women's_rights_legislation
gptkbp:citation	gptkb:45_&_46_Vict._c._75
gptkbp:dateEnacted	1882
gptkbp:effect	allowed married women to enter contracts allowed married women to sue and be sued allowed married women to own and control property in their own right allowed married women to be liable for their own debts
gptkbp:enactedBy	gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:enteredIntoForce	1 January 1883
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	major step in legal rights for women in the UK
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Married Women’s Property Act 1882
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:relatedLegislation	gptkb:Married_Women’s_Property_Act_1884 gptkb:Married_Women’s_Property_Act_1870
gptkbp:repealedBy	partially
gptkbp:subject	women's rights property law marriage law
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Married_Women’s_Property_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7