Married Women's Property Act 1893

The Married Women's Property Act 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 63) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that significantly altered English law regarding the property rights granted to married women. It completed the Married Women's Property Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 75) by granting married women the same property rights equal to unmarried women.

Married Women's Property Act 1893

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to amend the Married Women's Property Act, 1882.
Citation	56 & 57 Vict. c. 63
Territorial extent	England and Wales Scotland
Dates
Royal assent	5 December 1893
Commencement	5 December 1893
Repealed	Northern Ireland: 13 April 1976
Other legislation
Amends	Wills Act 1837 Married Women's Property Act 1882
Amended by	Statute Law Revision Act 1908 Law Reform (Married Women and Tortfeasors) Act 1935 Married Women (Restraint upon Anticipation) Act 1949
Repealed by	Northern Ireland: Statute Law Revision (Northern Ireland) Act 1976
Status: Partially repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the Married Women's Property Act 1893 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

See also

• Feme covert
• Married Women's Property Act 1884
• Primogeniture

References

• "The Married Women's Property Acts (UK, 1870, 1882 and 1893)". Archived from the original on 23 August 2011.

External links

• Text of the Married Women's Property Act 1893 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
• Text of the Married Women's Property Act 1893 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.