Married Women's Property Act 1870

Married Women's Property Act 1870[1]
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to amend the law relating to the property of married women.
Citation33 & 34 Vict. c. 93
Territorial extent England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent9 August 1870
Repealed1 January 1883[2]
Other legislation
Amended byMarried Women's Property Act 1870 Amendment Act 1874
Repealed byMarried Women's Property Act 1882
Relates toMarried Women's Property (Scotland) Act 1881
Status: Repealed

The Married Women's Property Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 93) was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that allowed married women to be the legal owners of the money they earned and to inherit property.

  1. ^ This short title was conferred on this Act by section 17 of this Act.
  2. ^ Married Women's Property Act 1882, ss.22 & 25