38-U.S.C.-1901
§1901 – Definitions
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Title 38 > Part II > Chapter 19 > Subchapter I > Section 1901
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- Reference: Section 1901
- Legend: §1901 – Definitions
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
For the purposes of this subchapter—
(1) The term insurance means National Service Life Insurance.
(2) The terms widow or widower mean a person who was the lawful spouse of the insured at the maturity of the insurance.
(3) The term child means a legitimate child, an adopted child, and, if designated as beneficiary by the insured, a stepchild or an illegitimate child.
(4) The terms parent, father, and mother mean a father, mother, father through adoption, mother through adoption, persons who have stood in loco parentis to a member of the military or naval forces at any time before entry into active service for a period of not less than one year, and a stepparent, if designated as beneficiary by the insured.
(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1148, §701; renumbered §1901, Pub. L. 102–83, §5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)
Prior Provisions
Prior section 1901 was renumbered section 3901 of this title.
Another prior section 1901, Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1215, as amended by Pub. L. 90–77, title II, §204(a), Aug. 31, 1967, 81 Stat. 184, related to veterans eligible for assistance, prior to the general revision of chapter 39 of this title by Pub. L. 91–666. See sections 3901 and 3902 of this title.
Amendments
1991—Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 701 of this title as this section.
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