Title: Married women and property law in Victorian Ontario /
Authors: Chambers, Lori, 1965-; Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
Publisher: Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Married women Legal status, laws, etc. Ontario History; Separate property Ontario History
Contents: 1. 'So Entirely under His Power and Control': The Status of Wives before Reform -- 2. 'A Life That Is Simply Intolerable': Alimony and the Protection of Wives -- 3. 'To Properly Protect Her Property': Marriage Settlements in Upper Canada -- 4. 'If the Laws Were Made More Salutary': The Act of 1859 -- 5. 'The Difference between Women's Rights and Women's Wrongs': The Acts of 1872 and 1873 -- 6. 'Many Frauds Not Previously Practicable': Creditors and the Acts of 1859 and 1872 -- 7. 'But How Are You to Exempt it from His Control?': Abuse of Trust by Husbands -- 8. 'A Thing of Shreds and Patches': The Act of 1884 -- 9. 'Lending Aid or Encouragement to Fraudulent and Dishonest Practices': Wives and Their Creditors after 1884 -- 10. 'Being Terrified and in Fear of Violence': The Limitations of Separate Property as a Protective Device.