Legislation by Concept: Family Law, Women's Property Rights
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act for the Protection of Married Women in certain cases. (Passed 26th April, 1867.) | 30 Victoria Chapter 10 | 1867 | This act defines a wife's property as separate from her husband's and protects women's property in case of abandonment by their husbands, or in cases of her husband being sued by creditors. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act relating to Marriage and Divorce. Passed 8th June, 1865. | 28 Victoria – Chapter 6 | 1865 | This act creates a new regualtion for divorce cases being heard before the courts. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1865. Fredericton, NB: G. E. Fenety, Printer to the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, 1865. |
| An Act to secure to Married Women Real and Personal Property held in their own right. Passed 30th April 1851. | 14 Victoria Chapter 24 | 1851 | This act allows women to continue to hold title to property, and the legal rights that go with it, they owned before marriage. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1851. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1851. |
| An Act to enable Caira Robbins Wilkes, the wife of George Samuel Wilkes, of Brantford, Esquire, to convey by herself certain Real Estate devised to her by her late father. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 169 | 1851 | This act places the property held by Caira Robbins Wilkes before her marriage, and left to her by her father, in trust. | Early Canadiana Online |
| 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 enable Married Women resident in Foreign Countries, to convey Real Estate of which they are seized in Upper Canada. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 115 | 1851 | This act makes provisions for married women who currently reside outside of Upper Canada and in areas outside of the British Empire to dispose of or buy properties within Upper Canada, or to have an agent or their husband do so on their behalf. | 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 alter the Practice of the Law in actions of Dower, in Upper Canada. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 58 | 1850 | This act is meant to simplify the process by which a widow can recover her share of her husband's property after he dies. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the Ursulines of Quebec to acquire and hold additional Real and Personal Property to a certain amount. 25th April, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 141 | 1849 | This act permits the Ursuline nuns to hold and sell property. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the Community of the Nuns of the General Hospital of Quebec, to acquire and hold additional Real and Personal property to a certain amount. 25th April, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 140 | 1849 | This act allows the Nuns of the General Hospital of Québec to own and sell property. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the Religious Community of the Sœurs Hospitalières de St. Joseph de l’Hôtel-Dieu de Montreal, to acquire and hold real and personal property to a certain amount, over and above that now held by them, as well for themselves as for the Poor of the Hôtel-Dieu, on whose behalf they administer certain Property, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 139 | 1849 | This act allows the Soeurs Hospitalières de St. Joseph de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal to acquire, hold, and sell property. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate the Charitable Association of the Roman Catholic Ladies of Quebec. 12th October, 1842. | 6 Victoria – Chapter 24 | 1842 | This act incorporates the Charitable Association of the Roman Catholic Ladies of Quebec, which has as its goal the assistance of orphans and the education and "moral edification" of young girls and women. Times and dates of meetings are specified, as well as limits on property ownership - particularly the limits on participation of married women. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to prescribe and regulate the Registering of Titles to Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, Real or Immoveable Estates, and of Charges and Incumbrances on the same: and for the alteration and improvement of the law, in certain particulars, in relation to the Alienation and Hypothecation of Real Estates, and the Rights and Interest acquired therein. | 4 Victoria Chapter 30 (Session 6) | 1841 | This Ordinance clearly defines how property can be inherited, registered, as well as the extent of hypothecary rights and claims, and other ways property is transferred, to prevent the fraudulent conveyance of real estate. Penalties for those found to defy the terms of this Ordinance are outlined as well as the limits of the terms outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate the Montreal Asylum for aged and Infirm Women. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 67 | 1841 | An Act to incorporate "The Montreal Asylum for Aged and Infirm Women" who provide aid and care for destitute aged, infirm,and decrepit women in the city. The act also outlines how the corporation will run and exempts the women involved from needing their husbands' permission to make decisions. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate the Ladies’ Benevolent Society of Montreal. 17th August, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 66 | 1841 | An Act to incorporate "The Montreal Ladies' Benevolent Institution" who provide relief and education to widows and orphans of Montreal. It also states how the corporation will run and allows the women involved to make decisions without the consent of their husbands. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate the Ladies of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum of Montreal. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 62 | 1841 | An Act to incorporate the "Ladies of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum" to provide care for orphans of the Roman Catholic faith in the city of Montreal. The Act also outlines the way that the company will run and allows married women to make decisions without their husbands' permission. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to continue for a limited time, a certain Act therein mentioned, in relation to secret incumbrances on lands. | 3 Victoria Chapter 13 (Session 5) | 1840 | This Ordinance continues the 1829 Act, “An Act to provide for the more effectual extinction of Secret Incumbrances on Lands than was heretofore in use in this Province,” which is to remain in force until 1845. | 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 |
| An Act for the amendment of the Law with respect to Wills. Passed 9th March 1838. | 1 Victoria Chapter 9 | 1838 | This act creates new rules and regulations for the creation of wills and inheritance. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1838. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1838. |
| An Act to amend the Law respecting Real Property, and to render the proceedings for recovering possession thereof in certain cases, less difficult and expensive. Passed, 6th March, 1834. | 4 William IV – Chapter 1 | 1834 | This act amends property inheritance law and defines how property is inherited between brothers and sisters, how maternal property is to be defined, how heirs shall be defined in cases where there are no direct descendants, and excludes cases where the deceased has left a will specifying heirs who are not blood relatives. It also specifies widow's dower rights, which state that widows have a right to their dower at the death of their husband. Many other clauses also define the rights of renters, mortgagors, lease holders, etc. | Early Canadiana Online |