---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 10.45"
title: "38"
number: "10.45"
heading: "Definition of “widow”."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/10.45"
---

# §10.45. Definition of “widow”.


The term widow as used in the regulations in this part includes widower.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 72 Stat. 1114; 38 U.S.C. 501. Rights and benefits are continued in effect by sec. 12(b), 72 Stat. 1264, 38 U.S.C. note prec. Part 1.

### Source

Source: 13 FR 7122, Nov. 27, 1948, unless otherwise noted.