Legislation by Concept: Family Law, Property Law
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Ordinance to provide permanently for the want of Notaries in the Inferior District of Gaspe, and to remove doubts therein mentioned. | 3 Victoria Chapter 5 (Session 5) | 1840 | This Ordinance clarifies the term and tenth section of the 1836 Act, “An Act further to provide, during a limited time, for the want of Notaries in the Inferior District of Gaspe." | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue the Act for the punishment of persons who shall be guilty of the trespasses therein mentioned in the City of Saint John. Passed 25th March 1840. | 3 Victoria Chapter 3 | 1840 | This act continues an 1835 act concerning trespass in Saint John until 1845. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Ordinance to amend certain Acts therein mentioned, relative to a certain Market at Montreal. | 2 Victoria Chapter 60 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance amends several Acts relating to the New Market at Montreal by making it lawful for the trustees of the said Market to let out the lot of ground specified for a term not exceeding fifty-five years. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to incorporate the Ecclesiastics of the Seminary of Saint Sulpice of Montreal, to confirm their Title to the Fief and Seigniory of the Island of Montreal, the Fief and Seigniory of the Lake of the Two Mountains, and the Fief and Seigniory of Saint Sulpice, in this Province; to provide for the gradual extinction Of Seigniorial Rights and Dues, within the Seigniorial limits of the said Fiefs and Seigniories, and for other purposes. | 2 Victoria Chapter 50 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance establishes “The Ecclesiastics of the Seminary of Saint Sulpice of Montreal" as an Ecclesiastical Corporation or Body Corporate and Ecclesiastical and confirms the proprietors of the same have right and title to the fiefs and seigneuries held and possessed by them, and gives instruction for how seigneurial or feudal rights and burthens can be extinguished. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to prevent Real Property, under Seizure, from being injured or wasted, to the damage of the party seizing. | 2 Victoria Chapter 48 (Session 4) | 1839 | Under this Ordinance, any person who diminishes the value of any immovable property seized in execution of judgement, as described, may be committed to prison for a period not more than six months. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the summary punishment of persons committing trespasses upon square Timber and other Lumber. Passed 23d March 1839. | 2 Victoria Chapter 48 | 1839 | This act establishes penalties for those who damage cut timber on other's property. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1839. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1839. |
| An Ordinance to amend and continue the Act to regulate the exercise of certain rights of Lessors and Lessees. | 2 Victoria Chapter 47 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance amends the 1833 Act, “An Act to regulate the exercise of certain rights of Lessors and Lessees,” and is to remain in force until 1842. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to declare the priority of Registered Deeds, and other incumbrances upon Land. Passed 23d March 1839. | 2 Victoria Chapter 43 | 1839 | This act any legal property document may be registered with the local county Register of Deeds. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1839. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1839. |
| An Ordinance to change the place of the Registry Office for the County of Stanstead. | 2 Victoria Chapter 37 (Session 4) | 1839 | Under this Ordinance, the Registry Office established for Stanstead under the 1830 Act, “An Act to establish Registry Offices in the Counties of Drummond, Sherbrooke, Stanstead, Shefford and Missiskoui,” is to be moved to Stanstead Plain. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance concerning Bankrupts, and the Administration and Distribution of their Estates and Effects. | 2 Victoria Chapter 36 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance describes who qualifies as "a Trader" liable to become bankrupt and the processes bankrupt persons are subject to, including how their estates and effects are to be handled. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act relating to the partition of lands, tenements and hereditaments, held in coparcenary, joint tenancy and tenancy in common. Passed 23d March 1839. | 2 Victoria Chapter 36 | 1839 | This act creates regulations for the partitioning of lands and other properties held in coparency. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1839. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1839. |
| An Ordinance to extend the provisions of the Ordinance therein-mentioned to the losses sustained by certain Loyal Inhabitants of this Province, during the Rebellion which has occurred since the passing of the said Ordinance. | 2 Victoria Chapter 35 (Session 4) | 1839 | Under this Ordinance, the 1838 Ordinance, “An Ordinance to authorize the appointment of Commissioners to investigate the claims of certain Loyal Inhabitants of this Province, for losses sustained during the late unnatural Rebellion,” is extended to all losses sustained by loyal subjects. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act authorising the Trustees of certain Lands in Peterborough, for the use of the Roman Catholic Church, to dispose of the same. Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 35 | 1839 | This act authorises representatives from the Roman Catholic church in Peterborough to sell lands that had been granted to them in order to defray the costs of building a new church. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to repeal a certain Act therein mentioned, relative to a certain Market Place at Pres de Ville, in the City of Montreal. | 2 Victoria Chapter 33 (Session 4) | 1839 | Under this Ordinance, the 1829 Act, “An Act to establish a certain Market Place in the City of Montreal,” is repealed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act relating to the sale and disposition of the real estate of Infants. Passed 23d March 1839. | 2 Victoria Chapter 29 | 1839 | This act creates a legal framework for the handling of properties inherited by infants until they come of age, or after their death. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1839. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1839. |
| An Ordinance to exempt certain articles from seizure in satisfaction of debts. | 2 Victoria Chapter 28 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance lists property and items that are not to be seized from debtors, including bedding, wedding clothes, and at least one Cow, three Sheep, one Hog, one Stove, and one Cord of Firewood are to be left for the debtor. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the Sale of Mortgaged Premises by the Court of Chancery, and directing the application of the proceeds thereof. Passed 23d March 1839. | 2 Victoria Chapter 28 | 1839 | This act provides a framework for the Court of Chancery to sell mortgaged properties. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1839. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1839. |
| An Ordinance for vesting all the Estates and Property in the Province of Lower Canada, occupied for the Ordnance Service, in the Principal Officers of Her Majesty’s Ordnance, and for granting certain powers to the said Principal Officers, and for other purposes therein-mentioned. | 2 Victoria Chapter 21 (Session 4) | 1839 | Under this Ordinance, all property and servitudes purchased or taken in trust for Her Majesty or her predecessors is to remain and be vested in the principal Officers of Her Majesty’s Ordnance in Great Britain and used for the public services they shall order or direct. This Ordinance is to remain in force until 1842. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the protection of the Lands of the Crown in this Province, from Trespass and Injury. Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 15 | 1839 | This act sets out penalties for those who would attempt to use lands that have been set aside for the indigenous populations of the province without permission. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the law enabling Married Women to convey their Real Estates within this Province. Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 6 | 1839 | This act specifies the regulations surrounding any sale of real estate to be made by married women. | Early Canadiana Online |