2013 US Code
Title 38 - Veterans’ Benefits
Part II - GENERAL BENEFITS (§§ 1101 - 2414)
Chapter 19 - INSURANCE (§§ 1901 - 1988)
Subchapter I - NATIONAL SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE (§§ 1901 - 1929)
Section 1901 - Definitions
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS PART II - GENERAL BENEFITS CHAPTER 19 - INSURANCE SUBCHAPTER I - NATIONAL SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE Sec. 1901 - Definitions |
| Contains | section 1901 |
| Date | 2013 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | 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. |
| Statutes at Large References | 72 Stat. 1148, 1215 81 Stat. 184 105 Stat. 406 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 85-857, Public Law 90-77, Public Law 91-666, Public Law 102-83 |
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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 PROVISIONSPrior 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.
AMENDMENTS1991—Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 701 of this title as this section.
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