Matrimonial Causes Act

A Matrimonial Causes Act in 1923 gave women the right to the same grounds for divorce as men.

Following this, the Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 created a new divorce court in which both barristers and advocates could appear.

Much of the soken court's business was taken away by the Probate and Matrimonial Causes acts of 1857.

In 1878, the Matrimonial Causes Act made it possible for women in the UK to seek separations from abusive husbands.

It's called the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, though I should think Divorce Causes Act would be more appropriate.

As Attorney-General, he promoted acts amending the Matrimonial Causes Act and the Crimes Act.

Unlike Scotland, where incest was punishable by death up to 1887, or several American states, England had no civil law on incest in the nineteenth century, although the Matrimonial Causes Act of 1857 did include incestuous adultery as grounds for divorce.