Legislation by Concept: Property Law
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to enable John Morris, Deputy Surveyor of Lands, to recover of the Inhabitants of the Township of Clare, the Charges he has been at, in Surveying and laying out Lands to the said Inhabitants. | 14 George III Chapter 17 | 1774 | This Act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to further explain and amend an Act made in the Thirty Second Year of his late Majesty’s Reign, intitled, “An Act for making Lands and Tenements liable to the Payment of Debts.” | 13 George III Chapter 4 (Session 2) | 1773 | This Act amends and clarifies the 1758 Act, “An Act for making Lands and Tenements liable to the Payment of Debts.” The Act makes provision for femes covert, persons non compos mentis, imprisoned, minors, and persons out the province, who were not accounted for by the former Act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the rating and levying the Expences attending the executing Writs of Partition. | 13 George III Chapter 2 (Session 2) | 1773 | This Act makes provision for the surveying and distributing of writs of partition in the province, which sums are to be levied from the land proprietors. The processes by which sums are to be collected if the proprietor refuses to pay them are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further Amendment of, and in Addition to an Act, made in the thirty second Year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intitled, an Act for confirming Titles to Lands and quieting Possessions. | 12 George III – Chapter 5 | 1772 | This Act amends the 1758 Act, "Titles to Lands and quieting Possessions," as amended in 1760, 1761, and 1765 relating to the registry of deeds and conveyances. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for altering an Act made in the Ninth year of His present Majesty’s Reign, intitled, “an Act in further Addition to, and Amendment of an Act, made in the Thirty Fourth Year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intitled An Act for appointing Commissioners of Sewers.” | 11 George III – Chapter 9 | 1771 | This Act amends the 1769 Act, "An Act in further Addition to and Amendment of an Act, made in the Thirty Fourth Year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intitled 'An Act for appointing Commissioners of Sewers,'" so that persons thinking themselves aggrieved by sales made by the Commissioners of Sewers can appeal to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief rather than the General Assembly. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the more effectually Securing the Title of Purchasers against Claims for Dower. | 11 George III – Chapter 6 | 1771 | Under this Act, wives are to be examined by Justices of the Peace before property they would have claim to by dower can be sold to ensure that they signed the deeds of sale without compulsion from their husbands. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further Addition to an Act made in the Thirty Second Year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intitled, An Act for preventing Trespasses. | 11 George III – Chapter 5 | 1771 | This Act amends the 1758 Act, "An Act for preventing Trespasses," relating to the height of fences on the peninsula of Halifax. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Addition to an Act, made in the Thirty Second Year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intitled An Act relating to Wills, Legacies, and Executors, and for the Settlement and Distribution of the Estates of Intestates. | 11 George III – Chapter 1 | 1771 | This Act amends the 1758 Act, "An Act relating to Wills, Legacies, and Executors, and for the Settlement and Distribution of the Estates of Intestates," relating to punishments for persons who refuse or neglect to attend court upon due citation, as well as the distribution of insolvent estates. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for regulating the Commons belonging to the several Townships in this Province. | 10 George III Chapter 4 | 1770 | Under this Act, rules and regulations for regulating the commons belonging to the Province's commons are to be settled at the General Sessions of the Peace. Persons who offend against these rules or regulations are to forfeit a fine not exceeding forty shillings or be committed for not more than ten days. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further Addition to, and in Amendment of an Act made and passed in the Thirty Second Year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intitled “An Act for preventing Trespasses.” | 8 George III – Chapter 12 (Session 1) | 1768 | This Act amends the 1758 Act, "An Act for preventing Trespasses," to allow for fences made of poles, bushes, or other materials, if deemed sufficient by the fence viewer. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent the malicious killing or maiming of Cattle. | 8 George III – Chapter 11 (Session 1) | 1768 | Under this Act, any person who maliciously hurts or kills livestock is to forfeit the damages suffered to the aggrieved party. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in amendment of an Act made and passed in the seventh Year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled “An Act, for Partition of Lands in Copercenary, Jointenancy, and Tenancy in Common, and thereby for the more effectual collecting His Majesty’s Quit Rents in the Colony of Nova Scotia.” | 8 George III – Chapter 10 (Session 2) | 1768 | This Act amends the 1767 Act, "An Act for Partition of Lands in Coparcenary, Jointenancy, and Tenancy in Common, and thereby for the more effectual collecting His Majesty’s Quit Rents in the Colony of Nova Scotia," relating to the method of executing Writs of Partition. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further addition to, and in amendment of an Act, made in the Thirty-Second year of His late Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act for preventing Trespasses.” | 8 George III – Chapter 7 (Session 2) | 1768 | This Act amends the 1758 Act, "An Act for preventing Trespasses," as amended in 1759, 1761, and 1767 relating to lands bounded by water and relating to cattle running at large. All sums arising from this Act are to be put towards the relief and support of the poor. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for enabling the Sale of Goods distrained for Rent. | 8 George III – Chapter 4 (Session 1) | 1768 | This Act outlines the processes for and cases in which a tenant's goods and chattels are to be sold to satisfy sums owing for rent. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further Addition to an Act made in the Thirty Second Year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intitled “An Act for preventing Trespasses.” | 7 George III – Chapter 8 (Session 1) | 1767 | This Act adds to the 1758 Act, "An Act for preventing Trespasses," as amended in 1759 and 1761 and outlines the penalties for any person found destroying stone walls, fences, bars, gates, not being the land's proprietor or authorised by the proprietor. The Act also provides that horses are not to be allowed to wander at large on the peninsula of Halifax. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for Partition of Lands in Coparcenary, Jointenancy, and Tenancy in Common, and thereby for the more effectual collecting His Majesty’s Quit Rents in the Colony of Nova Scotia. | 7 George III – Chapter 2 (Session 2) | 1767 | This Act makes provision for lots of land possessed by absent persons to be divided, except in certain cases as outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent Trespasses upon Crown Lands. | 7 George III – Chapter 1 (Session 1) | 1767 | This Act makes it lawful for persons found to occupy lands not granted to them to be prosecuted and adjudged to forfeit a fifty pound fine. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Amendment of an Act for Confirming Titles to Lands and Quieting Possessions. | 5 George III – Chapter 8 | 1765 | This Act amends the fees the Register or his deputy are permitted to collect under the 1758 Act, "An Act for confirming titles to lands and quieting possessions." | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to explain and amend an Act, made and pass’d in the 32d Year of His Late Majesty’s Reign, intitled, an Act for making Lands and Tenements Liable to the Payment of Debts. | 3 George III – Chapter 8 (Session 2) | 1763 | This Act explains and amends the 1758 Act, “An Act for making Lands and Tenements Liable to the Payment of Debts,” including by outlining how persons judged to wrongfully detain lands or tenements should be prosecuted and expanding on how rents can be collected. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Enable Proprietors of Lands, to Assess and Discharge the Expence, which has Accrued upon Dividing their Lands, by Virtue of a Former Law of this Province. | 3 George III – Chapter 3 (Session 2) | 1763 | Under this Act, proprietors who have divided their lands according to the 1759 Act, “An Act to enable Proprietors to divide their lands, held in common and undivided” are to pay the expences arising from the division and how expences are to be recovered if proprietors refuse or neglect to pay. | Early Canadiana Online |