Section 2
SEC. 2. Definitions.-For the purposes of, and when used in, this Act, the following terms shall be construed in the sense indicated in this section, unless the context of a particular provision clearly indicates that a different sense is intended: "Officer" shall mean any commissioned officer of the Armed Forces of the Philippines or Philippine Constabulary, whether regular or reserve, probationary second lieutenant, cadet of the Philippine Military Academy, and aviation or naval cadet. "Enlisted man" shall mean any person regularly en listed in the Armed Forces of the Philippines or Philippine Constabulary, or an enlisted reservist, or any trainee who has been duly accepted and sworn in for trainee instruction pursuant to the provisions of the National Defense Act. "Active service" means any active duty in the Regular or Reserve Force, Armed Forces of the Philippines, or in the Philippine Constabulary, including any period of military training as cadet, trainee, probationary second lieutenant or reservist, pursuant to the provisions of the National Defense Act. "Child" includes any child entitled to support under the Civil Code. "Father" and "mother" include, in the absence of a parent by nature, a father or mother by adoption and, in the absence of a legal parent, any person who stood in "loco parentis" to the deceased at least one year prior to his entry into the active service. "Widow" shall include the wife or husband of Armed Forces personnel not legally separated by final judicial decree from the deceased. "Reasonable maintenance" includes housing, food, clothing and medical care sufficient to sustain a living suitable to and consistent with the parent's reasonable mode of living. DEATH GRATUITY