"Matrimonial Causes Act" is a stock

short title In certain jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom and other Westminster-influenced jurisdictions (such as Canada or Australia), as well as the United States and the Philippines, primary legislation has both a short title and a long title. T ...

used for legislation in the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

relating to marriage law.

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Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 The Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act reformed the law on divorce, moving litigation from the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts to the civil courts, establishing a model of marriage ...

Matrimonial Causes Act 1923 Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between t ...

* The

Matrimonial Causes Act 1937 The Matrimonial Causes Act 1937 is a law on divorce in the United Kingdom. It extended the grounds for divorce, which until then only included adultery, to include unlawful desertion for three years or more, cruelty, and incurable insanity, inces ...

* The Matrimonial Causes Act (Northern Ireland) 1939 * The Matrimonial Causes (War Marriages) Act 1944 * The Matrimonial Causes Act 1950 * The Matrimonial Causes (Property and Maintenance) Act 1958 * The Matrimonial Causes Act 1963 * The

Matrimonial Causes Act 1965 Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between t ...

* The Matrimonial Causes (Reports) Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 * The Matrimonial Causes Act 1967 * The

Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 The Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c 18) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom governing divorce law and marriage in England and Wales. Contents The act contains four parts: # Divorce, Nullity and Other Matrimonial Suits # Financial Reli ...

The Matrimonial Causes Acts 1857 to 1878 was the

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of the following Acts:The

Short Titles Act 1896 The Short Titles Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict c 14) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It replaces the Short Titles Act 1892. This Act was retained for the Republic of Ireland by section 2(2)(a) of, and Part 4 of Schedule 1 to, the ...

, section 2(1) and Schedule 2 *The

(20 & 21 Vict c 85) *The Matrimonial Causes Act 1858 (21 & 22 Vict c 108) *The Matrimonial Causes Act 1859 (22 & 23 Vict c 61) *The Matrimonial Causes Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict c 144) *The Matrimonial Causes Act 1866 (29 & 30 Vict c 32) *The Divorce Amendment Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict c 77) *The Matrimonial Causes Act 1873 (36 & 37 Vict c 31) *The Matrimonial Causes Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict c 19)

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{{UK legislation Lists of legislation by short title Marriage law in the United Kingdom

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