executive part of the department

(7) The term “executive part of the department” means the executive part of the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, or Department of the Air Force, as the case may be, at the seat of government.

Source

10 USC § 101(a)(7)


Scoping language

None identified, default scope is assumed to be the parent (chapter 1) of this section.
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