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Cemetery [fr. Koimhthriou, Gk., fr. Koim'w, to set to sleep], a place of burial differing from a churchyard by its locality and incidents; by its locality, as it is separate and apart from any parochial church, though it has ordinarily a chapel of its own for the performance of a burial service; by its incidents, as it is usually the property of some private company, incorporated by special Act of Parliament, empowered to take land compulsorily, and subject to the Cemeteries Clauses Act, 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 65) (see Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Burial'), by which, amongst other things, provision is made for obtaining a burial place in perpetuity.