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Cremation

Cremation, the disposal of a dead body by burning instead of by burial. This is not illegal, unless it be done so as to cause a nuisance, or with the intention … the purpose of cremation, was refused. The (English) Cremation Act, 1902 (3 Edw. 7, c. 8), empowers burial authorities (see BURIAL) to establish crematoria on plans approved by the Minister of Health and certified to be in

Public Works Loans Act, 1875 (English)

which the Commissioners were authorized to lend money are as follows: Baths and wash-houses provided by local authorities; burial grounds provided by burial boards or, in Scotland, by either burial or parochial boards; construction or improvement of … (35 & 36 Vict. c. 62); water works established or carried on by a sanitary or other local authority; workhouses or poor-houses, and any work for which the council of a county, borough, district or parish are

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Exhumation

dead body without lawful authority is a common law misdemeanour. Unless a body is removed from one consecrated burial place to another by faculty, it is unlawful to remove any body or the remains unless by licence

Residence

and for the meaning, extent or interpretation of the word under statutes, see the particular statute, e.g., franchise, burial company law, jurisdiction of courts, divorce, income tax, juries, poor law, local government, etc. see DOMICIL. Residence does … meaning, extent or interpretation of the word under statutes, see the particular statute, e.g., franchise, burial company law, jurisdiction of courts, divorce, income tax, juries, poor law, local government, etc. see DOMICIL. Residence does not mean a

Faculties, Court of

not hold pleas in any suits, but creates rights to pews, monuments, and particular places and modes of burial. It has also various powers under 25 Hen. 8, c. 21, in granting licences of different descriptions, as … Faculties, Court of, a jurisdiction or tribunal belonging to the archbishop. It does not hold pleas in any suits, but creates rights to

Building

1929 WN 53. See also Paddington Corporation v. Attorney-General, 1906 AC 53. With regard to the (English) Disused Burial Grounds Act, 1884 (47 & 48 Vict. c. 72), an electricity transformer chamber, Rector and Churchwardens of the … s. 2(3)] It would include any other additional super structure in the same premises and appurtenant land, Airports Authority Employees Union v. International Airport Authority, (2001) 1 SCC 205: AIR 2001 SC 276. The word 'building' should,

Public Worship Regulation Act, 1874

the incumbent has within the preceding twelve months used or permitted to be used in such church or burial ground any unlawful ornament of the minister of the church, or neglected to use any prescribed ornament orvesture; … church any alteration in or addition to the fabric, ornaments, or furniture thereof has been made without lawful authority, or that any decoration forbidden by law has been introduced into such church; or (2) that the incumbent

Churchyard

by fine up to 5l., or imprisonment up to two months without option of fine. See preceding title; BURIAL; and Whitehead's Church Law. As to consecration, see (English) Consecration of Churchyards Acts, 1867 and 1868. A gift … uncertain date (perhaps 35 Edw. 1), the felling of trees indiscreetly by parsons; and the (English) Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act, 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. 32), punishes riotous, violent or indecent behaviour by fine up to

Adoptive Act of Parliament

and London Government Act, 1899 (62 & 63 Vict. c. 14). See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Baths.' The (English) Burial Acts, 1852 to 1906. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Burial.' The (English) Public Improvements Acts. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. … which comes into operation within a limited area upon being adopted, in manner prescribed therein, by the local authorities or inhabitants of that area, e.g.:- The (English) Vestries Act, 1831 (repealed as to rural parishes by the

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