{"data":{"id":"us/38-cfr-38.600","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"38 CFR 38.600","heading":"Definitions.","body":"(a) The following definitions apply to this part:\nAppropriate State official means a State attorney general or other official with statewide responsibility for law enforcement or penal functions.\nClear and convincing evidence means that degree of proof which produces in the mind of the fact-finder a firm belief regarding the question at issue.\nConvicted means a finding of guilt by a judgment or verdict or based on a plea of guilty, by a Federal or State criminal court.\nFederal capital crime means an offense under Federal law for which a sentence of imprisonment for life or the death penalty may be imposed.\nInterment means the burial or entombment of casketed or cremated remains, including the placement of cremated remains in a columbarium niche.\nLife imprisonment means a sentence of a Federal or State criminal court directing confinement in a penal institution for life.\nMemorialization means any action taken to honor the memory of a deceased individual.\nPersonal representative means a family member or other individual who has identified himself or herself to the National Cemetery Administration as the person responsible for making decisions concerning the interment of the remains of or memorialization of a deceased individual.\nState capital crime means, under State law, the willful, deliberate, or premeditated unlawful killing of another human being for which a sentence of imprisonment for life or the death penalty may be imposed.\n(b) Other terms not defined in paragraph (a) of this section may be defined within and be applicable to other sections throughout this part.","path":["Title 38—Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief","CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS","PART 38—NATIONAL CEMETERIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-38.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:50Z","sha256":"45ce169b363d0b2089c0e0147ef16f574eca31618245691094fd7eaf7afad481","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/38-cfr-appendix-a-to-part-36","next":"us/38-cfr-38.601"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}