The several Resolutions or Acts referred to in the foregoing Act, are as follow, viz.

  • Province
    Nova Scotia (1758-1825**)
  • Chapter
    32 George II – [Chapter 37]
  • Year
    1758
  • Concepts
    Family Law
    Trade Regulation
  • Jurisdictional Relevance
    Provincial/Provinciale
  • Number of Articles
    12
  • Description
    This Act continues and amends several former acts, including an Act from 1750/51 that resolved that no debts contracted prior to the establishment of Nova Scotia or before a settler's arrival in the colony was to be pleadable in the courts of the colony. Under this Act, a debtors effects or estate are liable to be used to pay these debts after their death, unless he has a wife or legitimate children who will be entitled to the deceased's effects and estate.
  • Source
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