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Burial ground

s, 1910 AC 7, also Chitty's Statutes, tit. Burial' Baker or Little on the Law of Burial; and CREMATION. A creditor cannot arrest or detain the body of the deceased debtor. See per Lord Ellenborough in Jones

Corpse

the deceased, R. v. Fox, (1841) 2 QB 246; S.C. Re Wakefield, (1841) 1 G&D 566.See BURIAL and CREMATION.

Infectious diseases

to the disinfection and removal to hospitals of patients suffering from such disease, and to removal, burial, or cremation of bodies after death. [Public Health Act, 1936 (English), ss. 343, 143, 147-158]

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Crematorium

A furnace for cremating corpses a building containing such a furnace

Incremate

To consume or reduce to ashes by burning as a dead body to cremate

Exhumation

a reasonable time for taking an original inquisition or a fee for the inquisition. For the purpose of cremating bodies already buried, an exhumation licence must be obtained from the Secretary of State. The removal from the

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