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Funeral Expenses

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Funeral expenses. An executor or administrator should bury the deceased testator or intestate suitably to the estate left, and the expense of the burial will be allowed before all other debts and charges; but if the personal representative be extravagant, he commits a devastavit, for which he will be answerable to the creditors or legatees.

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