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Body

who is to be taken (as habeas corpus). And see CORPSE. What constitutes a body has not been judicially defined. There

Cremate

or retort to incremate or incinerate as to cremate a corpse instead of burying it

Corpse

A human body in general whether living or dead sometimes contemptuously

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Carcass

A dead body whether of man or beast a corpse now commonly the dead body of a beast

Cadaveric

Of pertaining to or resembling a corpse or the changes produced by death cadaverous as cadaveric rigidity

Cadaver

A dead human body a corpse

Bier

A handbarrow or portable frame on which a corpse is placed or borne to the grave

Crematorium

A furnace for cremating corpses a building containing such a furnace

Pollinctor

One who prepared corpses for the funeral

Anatomy Act

c. 75) (English), by which the practice of dissecting human corpses is regulated, and a license required for it.

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