Married Women's Property Act 1884
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to amend the sixteenth section of the Married Women's Property Act, 1882.
Citation47 & 48 Vict. c. 14
Dates
Royal assent23 June 1884
Other legislation
AmendsMarried Women's Property Act 1882

The Married Women's Property Act 1884 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that significantly altered English law regarding the property rights granted to married women, allowing them to own and control their own property, whether acquired before or after marriage, and sue and be sued in their own name.

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