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[CITE: 38USC1901]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
                          CHAPTER 19--INSURANCE
 
              SUBCHAPTER I--NATIONAL SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE
 
Sec. 1901. Definitions

    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, Sec. 701; renumbered 
Sec. 1901, Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 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, Sec. 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.
