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British North American Legislative Database, 1758-1867

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An Act to explain and amend an Act, passed in the seventh year of His present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act for partition of Lands in Coparcenary, Joint Tenancy, and Tenancy in Common, and, thereby, for the more effectual collecting His Majesty’s Quit Rents, in the Colony of Nova-Scotia.”

Original Act
Transcribed Act
  • Province
    Nova Scotia (1758-1825**)
  • Chapter
    37 George III – Chapter 4
  • Year
    1797
  • Concepts
    Property Law
    Women's Property Rights
  • Jurisdictional Relevance
    Provincial/Provinciale
  • Number of Articles
    1
  • Description
    An amendment to an act first passed in 1767, which made provision for lots of land possessed by absent persons to be divided.
  • Source
    Not available
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