Code of Alabama
Chapter 5 - Department of Veterans' Affairs.
Section 31-5-1 - Definitions.

As used under this chapter these terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) DEPARTMENT. The State Department of Veterans' Affairs.
(2) THE STATE BOARD. The State Board of Veterans' Affairs.
(3) STATE COMMISSIONER. The State Service Commissioner.
(4) VETERAN. Except as otherwise used in this chapter, such term shall mean any person, male or female, who served on active duty, whether commissioned, enlisted, inducted, appointed or mustered into the military or naval service of the United States during any war in which the United States has been engaged, and who shall have been discharged or released from such services under conditions other than dishonorable.