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Mortuary, a burial place. Also, a kind of ecclesiastical heriot, being a customary gift claimed by and due to the minister in very many parishes on the death of his parishioners. Like lay heriots, they were originally only voluntary bequests to the church, being intended as a kind of expiation and amends to the clergy for personal tithes and other duties not paid by the deceased in his lifetime. It was usual in ancient times to bring the mortuary to church along with the corpse when it was brought to be buried, and thence it was sometimes called a corpse-present. In the laws of Canute it was called soul-scot or symbolum anim'. See 2 Bl. Com. 425.Mortuaries are limited in amount by the still unrepealed 23 Hen. 8, c. 6, thus: None where deceased died worthless than10 marks; 3s. 4d. where he died worth from 10 marks to 30l. 6s. 8d. where from 30l. to 40l.; and 10s. where exceeding 40l.; but the same Act forbids mortuaries for married, women or children, and prescribes that mortuaries for ...
Corsepresent
Corsepresent [fr. Corps, Fr., body], a mortuary, thus termed because when a mortuary became due on the death of a man, the best or second-best beast was, according to custom, offered or presented to the priest, and carried with the corpse; see 21 Hen. 8, c. 6. In Wales a corsepresent was due upon the death of a clergyman to the bishop of the diocese till abolished by 12 Anne, st. 2, c. 6. See 2 Bl. Com. 425....
funeral home
An establishment usually commercial where the bodies of dead persons are prepared for viewing before burial or cremation called also funeral parlor mortuary funeral chapel and informally undertakers The body may or may not be preserved by embalming before viewing or burial and in some cases the body is not exposed for viewing though present in a casket Often some form of memorial service is held for the deceased at the funeral home where friends and relatives may come to pay their respects to the dead and express condolence to the family The work of preparation of the body and many other arrangements related to the funeral and burial are carried out by an undertaker or mortician who manages the funeral home...
Mortuary
A sort of ecclesiastical heriot a customary gift claimed by and due to the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner It seems to have been originally a voluntary bequest or donation intended to make amends for any failure in the payment of tithes of which the deceased had been guilty...
Legatum
Legatum, legacy given to the church or an accustomed mortuary....
London
London, the metropolis of England. for a short account of early London, see 3 Hallam, Mid. Ages, p. 219.The 'city' of London, which is not subject to the Municipal Corporations Act, contains only 671 acres and is divided into twenty-six wards, over each of which there is an alderman, and is governed by a lord mayor, who is chosen yearly. As to the customs of the city, see Pulling's Customs of London, p. 5 et seq.The customs of London as to the distribution of intestates' effects are abolished by 19 & 20 Vict. c. 94.The administrative 'county' of London was established by the Local Government Act, 1888, s. 40, and consists of the city of London and the various metropolitan parishes in the counties of Middlesex, Surrey, and Kent, which prior to that Act were subject to the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Board of Works, constituted by the (English) Metropolis Management Act, 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 120), the powers of which board are transferred to the London County Council, the number o...
Muta canum
Muta canum [Fr. meute], a mew or kennel of hounds, one of the mortuaries to which the Crown was entitled at a bishop's decease, 2 Bl. Com. 426....
Pecunia sepulchralis
Pecunia sepulchralis, money anciently paid to the priest at the opening of a grave for the good of the deceased's soul. See MORTUARY....
Pretium sepulchri
Pretium sepulchri, mortuary, which see....
Principal
Principal, a head, a chief; also, a capital sum of money placed out at interest; also, an heirloom, mortuary, or cross-present....
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