P.R. Laws tit. 29, § 735
The following terms, whenever they appear in this chapter, shall have the meaning indicated hereunder, except when the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(a) Bill.— Means the Bill of Rights of the Puerto Rican Veteran for the 21st Century.
(b) Office.— Means the Office of the Advocate for Veterans Affairs of Puerto Rico created §§ 823—823k of this title.
(c) Advocate.— Means the Advocate for Veterans Affairs who shall be in charge of directing the Office of the Advocate for Veterans Affairs.
(d) Veteran.— Means every person who has honorably served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America, to wit: the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marines and the Coast Guard of the United States as well the Officers Corps of the Public Health Service of the United States, and in its successors in law entities and who meets the conditions as a veteran according to the federal laws in effect. This shall include those persons whose service in the reserve corps of the Armed Forces or the National Guard meet the requirements provided by said laws. The term veteran may be used indistinctly for both males and females and this chapter shall be indifferent as to a person’s gender.
(e) Competitive entrance examination(s).— Means the examination or examinations which an employer gives to various persons who desire a specific job within an organization so as to determine the capabilities of each of the applicants for performing the tasks of said job, including, but not limited to the administration of written, oral, theoretical and practical examinations, psychological and qualifying evaluations, etc., among others.
(f) Spouse.— Means a person to whom a veteran is legally and validly married, pursuant to the laws of Puerto Rico and who has lived with said veteran continuously from the date of his/her wedding to the date of his/her death.
(g) Surviving spouse.— Means that person to whom a veteran is legally and validly married, pursuant to the laws of Puerto Rico, at his/her time of death.
(h) Active military service.— Means full time military service of an individual in the Armed Forces.
(i) Child.— Means a person who is a son or a daughter of a veteran, be it a biological child or a child legally adopted by the veteran.
(j) Service-related.— Means the death or disability caused by an injury or illness while in active military service be it on land, sea or air, or a death that occurs as a consequence of an injury or disability suffered in the battlefield.
History —Dec. 14, 2007, No. 203, § 2.