An Act to repeal certain parts of an Act passed in the Fourteenth Year of his Majesty’s Reign, entitled “An act for making more effectual Provision for the Government of the province of Quebec, in North-America, and to introduce the English Law, as the Rule of Decision in all Matters of Controversy relative to Property and Civil Rights.”

  • Province
    Upper Canada (1792-1840)
  • Chapter
    32 George III Chapter 1
  • Year
    1792
  • Concepts
    Justice System
  • Jurisdictional Relevance
    Provincial/Provinciale
    Imperial/Impérial
  • Number of Articles
    6
  • Description
    This act repeals the Quebec Act's provision allowing for resort to French civil law in matters relative to property and civil rights and establishes English common law as the rule for such decisions in Upper Canada.
  • Source
    Early Canadiana Online