| An Act to allow Time for the Sale of Lands and Tenements by the Sheriff. (5th March, 1803.) |
43 George III – Chapter 1 |
1803 |
This act allows for twelve months between seizure of property by the sheriff and its sale. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act the better to ascertain and secure the Titles to Lands in this Province. July 7th, 1802. |
42 George III – Chapter 1 |
1802 |
This act allows district commissioners to direct land claims cases to courts of King's Bench in instances where letters patent have not yet been made out. |
Acts related to Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1802. York: John Bennet, 1802. |
| An Act for better regulating the Common belonging to the Town of Three Rivers. (8th April, 1801) |
41 George III Chapter 11 |
1801 |
This Act outlines the process by which a Chair and Trustees are to be elected to govern the Common. The Act also outlines how the land is to be governed. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to explain and amend the Law respecting Last Wills and Testaments. (8th April, 1801) |
41 George III Chapter 4 |
1801 |
This Act clarifies certain parts of British inheritance law and brings it more in line with French inheritance practice. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal all the Acts now in force relating to Trespasses, and for making new Regulations to prevent the same Passed the 4th of February, 1801. |
41 George III Chapter 3 |
1801 |
This act replaces all existing trespass legislation, making new stipulations for erecting property divisions and penalties for human or animal violations of them. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick Passed in the year 1801. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1801. |
| An Act to amend, and render more effectual, an Act made and passed in the thirty-ninth year of His present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act for the sale of the Glebe Land in the Township of Granville, and for purchasing another Estate, as a perpetual Glebe for the resident Minister of the Established Church in said Township.” |
40 George III – Chapter 6 |
1800 |
An amendment to an act first passed in 1799, this act executes the sale of glebe land in Granville by reverend Archibald Paine Inglis, and approves the appointment of church wardens elected by the congregation to manage further church affairs. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further addition to an Act for preventing Trespasses. |
40 George III – Chapter 3 |
1800 |
This act imposes further restrictions and fines on the previous amendment to the 1758 act regarding trespasses. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Regulation of Special Juries. |
40 George III Chapter 2 |
1800 |
This act stipulates that no person in the province shall be returned to serve on special juries before paying assessments on the sum of at least three hundred pounds. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1800. York: Titus G. Simons, 1800. |
| An Act for altering and amending an Act, made in the thirty-second year of the Reign of His late Majesty, King George the second, entitled, “An Act for preventing Trespasses.” |
40 George III – Chapter 2 |
1800 |
An amendment to an act first passed in 1758 which set standards for fences and procedures for how and in what cases damages done by horses or livestock should be compensated. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act, entitled, “An Act for securing the Titles to Lands in this Province" |
39 George III Chapter 2 (Session 3) |
1799 |
This act continues a prior piece of legislation that grants title to persons possessed of lands for which no grants have yet been issued. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1799. York: Titus G. Simons, 1799 (3rd session) |
| An Act for the sale of Glebe I and in the Township of Granville, and for purchasing another Estate, as a perpetual Glebe, for the resident Minister of the established Church, in said Township. |
39 George III – Chapter 2 |
1799 |
This act was not published. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue sundry Acts of the General Assembly that are near expiring. Passed the 9th Day of February, 1798. |
38 George III Chapter 1 |
1798 |
This act renews several acts until 1803. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1798. Fredericton: J. Ryan, 1798. |
| An Act to obviate the Objections that might arise from a clerical Error in some of his Majesty’s Letters Patent of Grant lately issued. |
37 George III Chapter 14 |
1797 |
This act corrects a clerical error in recent letters patent, allowing the erroneous "clergymen" to have the same force and effect as the intended "clergy." |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1797. West Niagara: Titus G. Simons, 1797. |
| An Act to supply the want of Enrollment of Deeds of Bargain and Sale. |
37 George III Chapter 8 |
1797 |
This act provides for the public registration of deeds of bargain and sale. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1797. West Niagara: Titus G. Simons, 1797. |
| 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.” |
37 George III – Chapter 4 |
1797 |
An amendment to an act first passed in 1767, which made provision for lots of land possessed by absent persons to be divided. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for securing the Titles to Lands in this province. |
37 George III Chapter 3 |
1797 |
This act makes it lawful for the chief administrator of Upper Canada to issue commissions throughout the province for granting title to persons possessed of lands for which no grants have yet been issued. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1797. West Niagara: Titus G. Simons, 1797. |
| An Act to enable the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or Commander in Chief for the time being, to appoint Trustees, for the Common of the Town of Dartmouth, on the death, or removal, of the Trustees holding the same, and to vacate that part of the grant of the Common aforesaid, which vests the trust in the heirs, executors or administrators, of the Trustees, named in the said grant, on the death of such Trustees. |
37 George III – Chapter 2 |
1797 |
This act provides for the replacement of trustees of the Dartmouth town plat, which was granted to Thomas Cochran, Timothy Folger, and Samuel Starbuck, in trust, for the common use of the town in 1788. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter and amend an Act, passed in the twenty sixth Year of His Majesty’s reign, intituled, “An Act for preventing Trespasses.” Passed the 18th February, 1797. |
37 George III Chapter 2 |
1797 |
This act amends a 1786 act prohibiting trespass, changing the terms for resolving property disputes. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1797. Fredericton: Christopher Sower, 1797. |
| An Act in addition to, and in amendment of, an Act, entitled, “An Act for the limitation of Actions, and for avoiding Suits of Law.” |
36 George III – Chapter 4 |
1796 |
This is an amendment to an act first passed in 1758, which set limits on who may bring suits to claim property and the period that may pass between the transfer of property and a suit brought for lands, tenements, or other property. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for Preventing unnecessary Expense and delay in the Process of barring Entails, and for establishing a plain and easy Form of conveying and alluring Estates-Tail. Passed the 12th March, 1796. |
36 George III Chapter 4 |
1796 |
This act eases the process of selling inheritances. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1796. Fredericton: Christopher Sower, 1796. |