Legislation by Concept: Women's Property Rights, Property Law

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Title Chapter Date Passed Legislative Summary Source Document
An Act to afford Relief to the Estate of the late Alexander Wood. 30th August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 168 1851 This act clarifies the rights of Isabella Farrell, widow of Alexander Wood, to her late husband's property in Toronto. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to alter and settle the mode of proceeding in the action of Ejectment. 30th August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 114 1851 This act redefines the regulations surrounding repossession of property in cases of disputes. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to explain and amend the Assessment Law of Upper Canada. 30th August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 110 1851 This is an amendment to the regulations surrounding how property is assessed in Upper Canada. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to amend the Act to continue and amend the Ordinance concerning the erection of Parishes, Churches and Church-yards, in Lower Canada. 30th August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 103 1851 This is an amendment to an 1850 act concerning the management of property by church trustees in Lower Canada. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to explain and amend the Laws relating to the Registration of Deeds in Lower Canada. 30th August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 93 1851 This act standardizes the practice of registering land deeds in Lower Canada. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to provide a more summary and less expensive process for proprietors of Real Property in Lower Canada to acquire the possession thereof, when illegally detained from them, in certain cases. 30th August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 92 1851 This act simplifies the process by which land owners can reclaim land which has been illegally occupied or claimed by squatters, or otherwise possessed illegally. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to continue for a limited time the several Acts and Ordinances therein mentioned, and for other purposes. 30th August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 68 1851 This is the continuation of a number of past acts relating to various different matters. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to amend and extend the Law relating to the remedy by Replevin in Upper Canada. 30th August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 64 1851 This act defines how property that has been wrongfully seized can be reclaimed by its rightful owners. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to amend the Law of Lower Canada as regards the District or Circuit in which actions or proceedings affecting real property may be brought, and to make further provision as to eases in which Absentees may be parties. 30th August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 60 1851 This act specifies court proceedings by which property can be sold or seized when the owner is absent from Lower Canada. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to repeal in part and to amend an Act, intituled, An Act for the better protection of the Lands and property of the Indians in Lower Canada. 30th August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 59 1851 This is an amendment to an 1850 act which defines the rights held by the indigenous peoples of Lower Canada to their lands and the resources on those lands, as well as the consequences for those who use those resources without the proper permissions. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to extend the powers of The British America Fire and Life Assurance Company in Marine Assurance, and to reduce the number of the Directors of the said Company. 2d August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 40 1851 This is an extension of the powers granted to the British America Fire and Life Assurance Company in Marine Assurance by an act passed in 1842. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to amend the Heir and Devisee Act. 2d August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 12 1851 This act makes amendments to how property is claimed by inheritance through the courts. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to compel the Registration of Deeds and Instruments creating Debts to the Crown. 2d August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 9 1851 This act details how property deeds are to be registered when mortgages or other debts against the property is involved, so that the purchaser is protected against the debt. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to facilitate the Leasing of Lands and Tenements. 2d August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 8 1851 This act standardizes the rules around leasing and tenements throughout the province. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to amend an Act passed in the twelfth year of Her Majesty’s Reign, intituled, An Act to simplify the transfer of real property in Upper Canada, and to render certain rights and interests therein liable under execution. 2d August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 7 1851 This is an amendment to an 1849 act which refines the definition of real estate ownership in order to simplify property transfer and disputes among creditors and debtors. It includes definitions of terms and requirements for transfer and registration. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to abolish the Right of Primogeniture in the succession to Real Estate held in fee simple or for the life of another, in Upper Canada, and to provide for the division thereof amongst such of the relatives of the last proprietor as may best accord with the relative claims of such parties in the division thereof. 2d August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 6 1851 This act changes inheritance laws in Upper Canada so that the eldest child of a family is not the immediate heir of an estate. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to amend the Act concerning Land Surveyors. 2d August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 4 1851 This is an amendment to an 1849 act which repeals various past acts regarding the practice of land surveying, and replaces them with new laws regulating land surveyors, including their apprenticeships and credentials. It also defines specific consequences for those who would destroy survey markers. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Conveyance and Transfer of Real and Personal Property vested in Mortgagees and Trustees. 5th August 1850. 30 Victoria – Chapter 60 (1850) 1850 This Act details property laws, including the managing of the property, stock, and mortgagees, and the trustees responsible for such. Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1867. Fredericton, NB: G. E. Fenety, Printer to the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, 1867.
An Act to annex the Territory awarded to this Province by the New Brunswick and Canadian Arbitrators in the recent settlement or the Boundary question between the Provinces of New Brunswick and Canada, to the Countries of Victoria and Restigouche, and to alter the present Boundary Line between those Counties. Passed 18th February 1852. 15 Victoria Chapter 6 1850 This act annexes the territory awarded to New Brunswick by the arbitrators of the recent boundary dispute between New Brunswick and Canada. Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1852. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1852.
An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Landlord and Tenant, and regulating proceedings in Replevin. Passed 26th April 1850. 13 Victoria Chapter 53 1850 This act consolidates and amends the laws relating to landlord and tenant relationships and to regulating proceedings in replevin. Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1850. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1850.