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Unmarried, is a term of flexible meaning; prima facie it means 'never having been married,' but the context may show that it means 'not having a husband or wife', Re Sergeant, (1884) 26 Ch D 575; Blundell v. De Falbe, (1888) 57 LJCh 576.

Means not re-married, AIR 1963 Cal 428 (429). (Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, s. 25)

Not married; single, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.

Unmarried, means not married. Unmarried daughters under the Hindu law have got better claims on the 'stridhana' of the mother, Rajban v. Rahim Bux, (1969) ILR 1 All 633: (1969) All LJ 16: (1969) All WR (HC) 78.