5 CFR § 841.802 - Definitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s841.802"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 841.802 - Definitions."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "841.802"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "841"
part_name: "FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM—GENERAL ADMINISTRATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 8461; Sec. 841.108 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 552a; Secs. 841.110 and 841.111 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8470(a); subpart D also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8423; Sec. 841.504 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8422; Sec. 841.507 also issued under section 505 of Pub. L. 99-335; subpart J also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8469; Sec. 841.506 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 7701(b)(2); Sec. 841.508 also issued under section 505 of Pub. L. 99-335; Sec. 841.604 also issued under Title II, Pub. L. 106-265, 114 Stat. 780; Sec. 5001 of Pub. L. 112-96 at 126 Stat. 199."
cfr_part: "841"
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# 841.802 Definitions.
As used in this subpart—
*Annuitant* means a person receiving or who is entitled and has made application to receive retirement or survivor benefits under subchapter II, IV, or V of chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code.
*Annuity* means the gross monthly annuity rate payable before any authorized deductions (such as those for health benefits and life insurance premiums).
*Qualifying court order* means a court order acceptable for processing as defined in § 838.103 of this chapter or a qualifying court order as defined in § 838.1003 of this chapter.
*Waiver* means an annuitant's written request to forfeit a specified amount of annuity as described in this subpart.
[52 FR 2058, Jan. 16, 1987, as amended at 57 FR 33598, July 29, 1992]