Talk:Married Women's Property Act 1882

There was actually a whole series of married women's property acts in various legal jurisdictions -- and I think some preceded the British one... AnonMoos 16:31, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Improving historical context
This article is to a certain extent misleading without references to the Married Women's Property Acts of 1870, 1893, and 1907. In particular some of the references to the previous situation were no longer true after 1870. The article should be re-written for greater accuracy and historical context. Logical Analyst (talk) 10:01, 6 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Whatever general context we now have is mainly on article Coverture. Anyway, probably there should be an overview article on Married Women's Property Acts in English-speaking countries in general, and this article could be coordinated with Married Women's Property Act 1870... AnonMoos (talk) 18:39, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Prior to the Acts
In Belper Derbyshire at least there were moves from at least the beginning of the century to resolve this. For instance in 1836 Sarah Statham inherited a copyhold property from her uncle. She surrendered a share to her husband and later made arrangements to sell it. The deeds to the property state ". . .she the said Sarah having been first examined by the said Steward in open Court in the absence of her said husband & having acknowledged that she was not thereto compelled by her said husband but of her own free will did consent to that Surrender" I am wondering if this was common practice at this time Chevin (talk) 11:04, 13 March 2022 (UTC)