Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act 1907

Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act 1907
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to amend the Law relating to Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister.
(The short title is authorised by section 6 of the Act.)
Citation7 Edw. 7. c. 47
Introduced byWilliam Brampton Gurdon[1]
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent28 August 1907
Commencement28 August 1907
Repealed24 November 1949
Other legislation
Amended by
Repealed by
Relates toColonial Marriages (Deceased Wife's Sister) Act 1906
Status
England and WalesRepealed[4]
ScotlandRepealed[5]
Republic of IrelandAmended[2]
Northern IrelandRepealed[3]
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act 1907 (7 Edw. 7. c. 47) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, allowing a man to marry his dead wife's sister, which had previously been forbidden. This prohibition had derived from a doctrine of canon law whereby those who were connected by marriage were regarded as being related to each other in a way which made marriage between them improper.

  1. ^ "Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister Bill". Hansard. Vol. HC Deb 169. 15 February 1907. c. 417. Retrieved 15 September 2022 – via api.parliament.uk.
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