The Married Women's Property Act 1884 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act relates solely to the giving of evidence in criminal matters, by husband and wife.[2]
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to amend the sixteenth section of the Married Women's Property Act, 1882. |
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| Citation | 47 & 48 Vict. c. 14 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 23 June 1884 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | The Married Women's Property Act 1882 |
The whole Act was repealed by section 33(3) of, and Part III of Schedule 3 to, the Theft Act 1968, subject to section 35(3).[3] The whole Act was repealed, as to the Republic of Ireland, by section 19 of, and the Schedule to, the Married Women's Status Act, 1957.
See also
editReferences
edit- The Routledge Dictionary of Modern British History, p. 193, at Google Books
- Archibald Brown. The Married Women's Property Acts, 1870, 1874, 1882 and 1884. Sixth Edition. Stevens and Haynes. London. 1891. Page 93.
- Charles Gregory Wade. The Married Women's Property Act, 1893. Hayes Brothers. Elizabeth Street, Sydney. 1894. Pages 279 and 280.
- John Fraser Macqueen and Wyatt Paine. The Rights and Liabilities of Husband and Wife. Fourth Edition. Sweet and Maxwell. 1905. Page 89.
- "Art III - Married Women's Property Act Amendment Bill" (1884) 15 Englishwoman's Review of Social and Industrial Questions 210
- Halsbury's Statutes of England. Second Edition. Volume 11. Pages 807 and 808.
- J M Lely. "Married Women's Property Act, 1884". The Statutes of Practical Utility. (Chitty's Statutes). Fifth Edition. Sweet & Maxwell. Stevens and Sons. 1895. Volume 7. Title "Married Women's Property". Page 13. See also pages 8 and 10.
- W Paterson (ed). "Married Women's Property Act, 1884". The Practical Statutes of the Session 1884. Horace Cox. London. 1884. Pages 26 to 29.
- Harry Greenwood and Lees Knowles. Real Property Statutes. Second Edition. Stevens and Sons. 1884. Pages 393, 397 and 398.
- Louis Arthur Goodeve. The Modern Law of Real Property. Second Edition. W Maxwell & Son. 1885. Pages 568 and 571.
- "The Married Women's Property Act, 1884". Hood & Challis's Property, Settled Land, Trustee and Administration Acts. Eighth Edition. Stevens and Sons, Limited. 1938. Page 774.
- John Hutchinson. The Practice of Banking. Effingham Wilson and Co. London. Percival Pearse. Warrington. 1887. Pages 703 and 704.
- (1954) 218 The Law Times 16 and 17 (9 July 1954)
- ^ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 2 of this Act.
- ^ Edward Parker Wolstenholme, Benjamin Lennard Cherry and Willfred Brinton. The Conveyancing Acts, 1881, 1882, and 1892. William Clowes and Sons. London. 1895. Page 274. See also pages 266 and 268.
- ^ Public General Statutes