MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
As Amended

SEC. 25-9-301. Definitions.

The following terms shall have the meaning ascribed herein unless the context shall require otherwise:

(a) "Veteran" means a person who served in the active Armed Forces of the United States for a period of ninety (90) days during a period of war or armed conflict and was granted an honorable discharge therefrom; or was discharged therefrom for a service-connected injury in less than ninety (90) days.

(b) "Disabled veteran" means a veteran who the Veterans Administration has certified to have a service-connected disability within the last ninety (90) days.

SOURCES: Laws, 1980, ch. 346, Sec. 1; 1991, ch. 476, Sec. 1, eff from and after July 1, 1991.


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