law: Indian Matrimonial Causes (War Marriages) Act, 1948
  2. Definitions 
  In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant
  
  in the subject or context,-
  (a) "High Court" shall have the same
  
  meaning as in the Indian Divorce Act, 1869;
  (b) "marriage" includes a purported
  
  marriage which was void ab initio ,
  
  and "husband" and "wife" shall be construed accordingly;
  (c) "war period" means the period
  
  commencing on the 3rd day of September, 1939, and ending on the 31st day of
  
  March, 1946.