| An Act to afford greater facility in barring the right of Dower. Passed 13th February, 1833. |
3 William IV – Chapter 10 |
1833 |
This Act outlines the procedure by which a wife may bar "her right of Dower." |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable Married Women more conveniently to Alien and Convey their Real Estate, and to Repeal an Act passed in the forty-third year of the Reign of King George the Third, entitled “An Act to enable Married Women, having Real Estate, more conveniently to Alienate and Convey the same.” Passed 16th March, 1831. |
1 William IV – Chapter 3 |
1831 |
This Act makes it easier for a married female property owner to transfer her land title to another owner; sets out the specifics of such transfer; and repeals the previous Act dealing with transfer of female-owned property. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act provide for the more effectual Extinction of Secret Incumbrances on Lands, than was heretofore in use in this Province. (14th March, 1829.) |
9 George IV Chapter 20 |
1829 |
This Act prevents secret mortgages on property or possessions at the time of sale by discharging existing debts, not disclosed to the purchaser prior to or at the time of the sale, on these immoveables. Payments to creditors are to be paid out of the purchase money, as described. The terms and stipulations by which this is to be done are outlined. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable Married Women more conveniently to convey their Real Estate. Passed 14th April, 1821. |
2 George IV – Chapter 14 |
1821 |
This Act allows female property owners to sell their real estate by meeting with a Quarter Sessions of the Peace rather than requiring that they meet with the Court of King's Bench or a judge. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to give effect and validity to Deeds executed by Married Women in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or in any of His Majesty’s Colonies, and to repeal part of and amend an Act passed in the forty-third year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to enable Married Women having Real Estate, to Alien and Convey the same.” Passed 12th July, 1819. |
59 George III – Chapter 3 |
1819 |
This Act repeals part of an act concerning provisions for married women, and the execution of deeds by mayor, magistrate, or justice. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1819. York: R. C. Horne, 1819. |
| An Act further to extend the benefit of an Act passed in the thirty-seventh year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act for the more easy Barring of Dower.” (Passed 12th March, 1810.) |
50 George III – Chapter 10 |
1810 |
This act makes it easier for women to consent to be barred from their dower, allowing for a certificate to be issued stating that she has consented to such barring, which would thereby allow for the sale of dower by her husband. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable Married Women having Real Estate, more conveniently to Alien and Convey the same. (5th March, 1803.) |
43 George III – Chapter 5 |
1803 |
This act allows women to more easily dispose of their real estate holdings after getting married. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the more easy Barring of Dower. |
37 George III Chapter 7 |
1797 |
This act makes it lawful for any person entitled to a dowery to release a woman's right and title to dower in the land in question in order to bar any person from executing the same dower over such land. |
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 to render valid, conveyances of Real Estates of married Women by them made, or to be made, during their coverture. |
34 George III – Chapter 3 |
1794 |
This act allows married women to sell and dispose of property she owns either by sole title or jointly with her husband. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Amendment of an Act intituled “An Act for more effectually securing the Title of purchasers of Real Estate against Claims of Dower.” |
33 George III Chapter 5 |
1793 |
This act amends a 1787 act so that any widow who accepts a deed worth over 200 pounds upon the death of her husband shall not be allowed to reclaim her dowery. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1793. Fredericton: J. Ryan, 1793. |
| An Act in amendment of an act intituled “An Act for more effectively securing the Title of Purchasers of Real Estates against Claims of Dower.” And also to enable Femes Covert more easily to convey any Real Estate they may hold in their own Right. |
32 George III Chapter 2 |
1792 |
This act amends a 1787 act stipulates how a widow living out of province may more eaily claim a New Brunswick based dower following her husband's death. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1792. Fredericton: J. Ryan, 1792. |
| An Act for regulating marriage and divorce, and for preventing and punishing Incest, Adultry, and Fornication. |
31 George III Chapter 5 |
1791 |
This act lays out the laws governing the legal recognition of marriage and divorce, and prohibiting sexual behaviour deemed immoral or unlawful. |
Acts of the General Assembly of his Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1791. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1791. |
| An Act for more Effectually securing the Title of purchasers of Real Estates against Claims for Dower. |
27 George III Chapter 9 |
1787 |
This act makes the city of Saint John appoitned tax collectors from the last act subject to the same rules and regulations as collectors in other counties. |
"Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1787. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1787." |
| 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 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 for the convenient and speedy Assignment of Dower. |
8 George III – Chapter 8 (Session 1) |
1768 |
This Act gives directions for how women should be given their dowers upon their husbands' deaths, and includes forms for the Writ of Dower and Writ of Seizin to be used. Limits on how women can use properties gained as part of the dower are also given. |
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 |