Married Women's Property Act 1870

Married Women's Property Act 1870
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to amend the law relating to the property of married women.
Citation33 & 34 Vict. c. 93
Territorial extent 
Dates
Royal assent9 August 1870
Commencement9 August 1870
Repealed1 January 1883
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Repealed byMarried Women's Property Act 1882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Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

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