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# 10 U.S.C. § 501 - Definition

## Text

In this chapter “enlistment” means original enlistment or reenlistment.

(Added Pub. L. 90–235, § 2(a)(1)(B), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 753.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Another section 501 was renumbered section 500a of this title.

Prior ProvisionsA prior section 501 was renumbered 502 of this title.