Legislation by Concept: Family Law, Property Law, Women's Property Rights
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 prevent the operation within this Province of an Act of Parliament made in England, in the Twenty-first year of the Reign of King James the First, entitled “An Act to prevent the destroying and, murthering of Bastard Children,” and to make other provisions for the prevention and punishment of Infanticide. Passed 23rd December, 1831. | 2 William IV – Chapter 1 | 1832 | This Act removes Upper Canada from the jurisdiction of a British law concerning the murdering of children born out of wedlock, and stipulates that such murder be tried as any other murder would be. It also identifies the punishment for hiding the corpse of an infant so as to deny its birth. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make valid certain Marriages heretofore contracted, and to provide for the future Solemnization of Matrimony in this Province. (The Royal Assent to this Bill was signified, by Message of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, to the Legislative Council and Assembly of this Province on the Second day of March, 1831.) | 1 William IV – Chapter 1 | 1831 | This Act states that any marriage performed up to this point in time by an official legally qualified to solemnize marriage, shall henceforth be regarded and respected as valid, and that any children born into such a marriage be considered legitimate. The Act also makes specifications regarding the provision of marriage certificates. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to provide for a limited time for the want of Notaries in the County of Gaspe. (14th March, 1829.) | 9 George IV Chapter 55 | 1829 | This Act continues a clause in the 1824 Act, “An Act to render valid certain Acts Agreements in Writing and Contracts of Marriage (Contrats de Marriage sous seing prive”) heretofore executed in the Inferior District of Gaspe, and to provide for the want of Notaries in the said District,” until 1832. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to alter and amend an Act intituled, “An Act for regulating Marriage and Divorce, and for preventing and punishing Incest, Adultery, and Fornication.” Passed the 19th March, 1827. | 8 George IV Chapter 9 | 1827 | This act amends New Brunswick's marriage legislation to limit the number of Justices of the Peace who can solemize marriages, and then only when no clergy are available. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1827. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1827. |
| An Act respecting the appointment of Guardians. Passed 17th Feb’y. 1827. | 8 George IV – Chapter 6 | 1827 | This act makes it legal for the district probate courts of the province to appoint guardians for minors under the age of 21 whose parents are both deceased. It specifies that proof must be made that both mother and father are deceased, and states that the guardian appointed may deduct a "reasonable sum" of money from the estate of said minor to apply towards expenses. It gives the guardian the power to make all decisions regarding to education, apprenticeship, and management of estate until the age of 21 (or until marriage in the case of women), and although there are no limits applied to what the guardian can do with their ward or the ward's estate, there is a procedure laid out in the act which details how a ward can lodge a complaint with the government against their guardian. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue, for a limited time, certain provisions of an Act therein mentioned, passed in the fourth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to render valid certain Acts, Agreements in writing and Contracts of Marriage, (Contrats de Manage sous Seing prive,) heretofore executed in the Inferior District of Gaspe, and to provide for the want of Notaries in the said Inferior District.” (7th March, 1827.) | 7 George IV Chapter 1 | 1827 | Under this Act, the provisions made under the tenth article of an Act passed in 1824 are to remain in force until 1827. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in addition to, and in amendment of, an Act, made and passed in the thirty-second year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, entitled, “An Act directing the Guardianship of Minors.” | 7 George IV – Chapter 36 | 1826 | An amendment of an act first passed in 1758, which outlines what should be done in the case that a father of children under the age of twenty one years dies and is not married at the time of his death. Provisions stating that appointed guardians must be protestant are repealed, and all other clauses disadvantaging Catholics are also repealed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to confirm certain Marriages heretofore solemnized in the District of St. Francis. (22d. March, 1825.) | 5 George IV – Chapter 25 | 1825 | An Act to confirm that marriages solemnized by Protestant Dissenting ministers, by persons reputed to be Protestant dissenting Ministers, or Justices of the Peace within District of Saint-François are valid in Law to all civil effects, provided that the persons married were legally allowed to intermarry at the time. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to render valid certain Acts, Agreements in writing, and Contracts of Marriage (Contrats de Mariage sous seing privé) heretofore executed in the Inferior District of Gaspé, and to provide for the want of Notaries in the said Inferior District. (9th March, 1824.) | 4 George IV Chapter 15 | 1824 | An Act to confirm that all Wills, Acts or Agreements in writing, including Inventories, Portages, Donations, or Contracts of Marriage made before the passing of this Act are to be considered valid within District of Gaspé. The processes by which these written agreements or contracts are to be executed are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the more certain punishment of persons illegally solemnizing Marriage within this Province. Passed 14th April, 1821. | 2 George IV – Chapter 11 | 1821 | This Act makes it a misdemeanour to solemnize a marriage without respecting the laws pertaining to the same. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to confirm certain Marriages, heretofore solemnized in the Inferior District of Gaspé. (17th March, 1821.) | 1 George IV Chapter 19 | 1821 | An Act to confirm that marriages solemnized by ministers of the Church of Scotland, Protestant Dissenting ministers, or Justices of the Peace within District of Gaspé are valid in Law to all civil effects. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act relating to Marriages, and the issuing of Marriage Licenses. | 59 George III – Chapter 16 | 1819 | This act clarifies marriage law, allowing the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or Commander in Chief to issue marriage licenses to anybody within the province no matter their religious persuasion, rather than requiring them to conform to the book of common prayer. The form of the marriage license is specified within the act, and clarifies that marriages still need to be solemnized by approved clergymen. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An act further to extend the provisions of an act passed in the thirty-eighth year of his Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An act to extend the provisions of an act passed in the second session of the first provincial parliament of Upper Canada,” entitled, “An act to confirm and make valid certain marriages heretofore contracted in the country now comprised within the province of Upper Canada, and to provide for the further solemnization of marriage within the same.” (Passed 27th November, 1818.) | 58 George III – Chapter 15 (Session 3) | 1818 | This is an extension and an amendment to an earlier act made to assure that couples who were married before the formation of the government of Upper Canada are recognized as married, and their children who were born since are recognized as legitimate. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to explain the Acts, concerning Marriage and Divorce, passed in the thirty-second year of His late Majesty’s Reign, and the first year of His present Majesty’s Reign. | 56 George III – Chapter 7 | 1816 | This act clarifies the allowable reasons for divorce, entitlements for wives divorced of bed and board, and the conditions upon which divorced persons can remarry. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in addition to an Act, intituled “An Act more effectually to provide for the public Registering of all Marriages solemnized within this Province.” Passed the 7th of March, 1814. | 54 George III Chapter 12 | 1814 | This act stipulates that all people just married must sign a marriage certificate. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1814. Saint John: George K. Lugrin, 1814. |
| An Act more effectually to provide for the public Registering of all Marriages solemnized within this Province. Passed the 7th of March, 1812. | 52 George III Chapter 21 | 1812 | This act repeals a section from the previous marriage legislation and creates new provisions for how marriages may be registered | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1812. Saint John: Jacob S. Mott, 1812. |
| An Act to repeal an Act made in England, in the twenty first Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King James the First, Chapter twenty seventh, intituled, “An Act to prevent the destroying and murthering of Bastard Children, as to this Province of Lower Canada,” and for making provisions for the Trials of Women charged with the murder of any issue of their Bodies, male or female, which being born alive, would, by Law, be Bastard: (19th May, 1812.) | 52 George III Chapter 3 (S1) | 1812 | An act to repeal the former act respecting the murder of bastard children, which had been found inconvenient to put into practice. This act dictates that women charged with murdering "any issue of their bodies" will be tried as any other murder would be handled. Women convicted of murdering their bastards in order to conceal their birth are to be sentenced a period of hard labour not exceeding two years. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act, intituled “An Act for regulating Marriage and Divorce, and for preventing and punishing Incest, Adultery, and Fornication” Passed the 21ft of Feb. 1812. | 52 George III Chapter 2 | 1812 | This act amends the 1791 act governing marriage laws to allow for Justices of the Peace for Saint John, city and county, to solemize marriages. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1812. Saint John: Jacob S. Mott, 1812. |
| An Act to extend the benefits of an Act passed in the thirty seventh year of his Majesty’s reign, entitled, “an Act for the more easy barring of Dower,” and to repeal certain parts of the same. Passed 16th March, 1808. | 48 George III – Chapter 7 | 1808 | This act allows any person in the empire or in the United States entitled to dower lands in Upper Canada to release their rights and title to the same. | Acts related to Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1808. York: John Cameron, 1808. |