Agunah

Hebrew �'aguna (�deserted woman�)�, plural �agunahs, �'agunot�, or �agunoth� in Orthodox and Conservative Judaism, a woman who is presumed to be widowed but who cannot remarry because evidence of her husband's death does not satisfy legal requirements. The plight of the agunah has generated voluminous and complex treatment in Halakhic literature. Although religious courts are not empowered to grant remarriage without indisputable