The MARRIED WOMEN’S PROPERTY ACT, 1874

I. — PRELIMINARY

Section 1 — Short title.

This Act may be called the Married Women’s Property Act, 1874.

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  1. 1.Short title.
  2. 2.Extent an application.
  3. 3.[ Repealed.].
  4. 4.Married women’s earnings to be their separate property.
  5. 5.Married woman may effect policy of insurance.
  6. 6.Insurance by husband for benefit of wife.
  7. 7.Married woman may take legal proceedings.
  8. 8.Wife’s liability for postnuptial debts.
  9. 9.Husband not liable for wife’s antenuptial debts.
  10. 10.Extent of husband’s liability for wife’s breach of trust or devastation.