For purposes of this chapter the following terms or phrases shall have the meaning expressed hereafter:
(a) Judge Advocate.— Means the commissioned officer in the Military Forces of Puerto Rico or the Armed Forces of the United States of America, including their reserves, admitted to practice the legal profession in Puerto Rico or admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of any state or territory of the United States of America.
(b) Armed Forces of the United States of America.— Means the different branches that make up the Armed Forces, to wit: the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard, the Air Force, and their reserves, organized pursuant to the laws of the United States of America.
(c) Puerto Rico Military Forces.— Means Puerto Rico’s militias, to wit: the Puerto Rico National Guard, the Puerto Rico State Guard, and any other military force organized pursuant to the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(d) Instruments.— Means the military wills and powers of attorney as defined by this chapter.
(e) Serviceperson.— Means any person who is a member of the Puerto Rico Military Forces or the Armed Forces of the United States of America.
(f) Office of the Judge Advocate.— Means the office charged with keeping the records of the military wills and powers of attorney.
(g) Military power of attorney.— Means the document executed by a serviceperson before a Judge Advocate where he charges a third party with rendering a service for him or doing something on his behalf.
(h) Active state military service.— Means the full time service rendered by the Puerto Rico Military Forces pursuant to an order of the Governor of Puerto Rico.
(i) Active federal military service.— Means the full time service rendered by a member of the Military Forces of Puerto Rico pursuant to an order of the President of the United States.
(j) Military will.— Means the document granted by a serviceperson before a Judge Advocate in which he consigns the disposition of all his goods or part of them, or the recognition of children after his death. The military will does not include the holographic nor the sealed will.
History —July 2, 1987, No. 77, p. 271, § 2.