Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act 1907

Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act 1907
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to amend the Law relating to Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister.; (The short title is authorised by section 6 of the Act.)
Citation	7 Edw. 7. c. 47
Introduced by	William Brampton Gurdon
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	28 August 1907
Commencement	28 August 1907
Repealed	24 November 1949
Other legislation
Amended by	Deceased Brother's Widow's Marriage Act 1921; Marriage (Prohibited Degrees) Relationship Act 1931;
Repealed by	Marriage Act 1949 [Eng & Wal]; Marriage (Enabling) Act 1960 [Sco]; Family Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1984;
Relates to	Colonial Marriages (Deceased Wife's Sister) Act 1906
Status
England and Wales	Repealed
Scotland	Repealed
Republic of Ireland	Amended
Northern Ireland	Repealed
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act 1907 (7 Edw. 7. c. 47) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, allowing a man to marry his dead wife's sister, which had previously been forbidden. This prohibition had derived from a doctrine of canon law whereby those who were connected by marriage were regarded as being related to each other in a way which made marriage between them improper.

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