See also:

• CORPSE (Lat. corpus, the body)

CORPSE (See also:

• LAT

Lat. corpus, the See also:

• BODY

body)  , a dead human See also:

• BODY

body . By the See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England a See also:

• CORPSE (Lat. corpus, the body)

corpse is not the subject of See also:

• PROPERTY

property nor capable of holding property . It is not therefore See also:

• LARCENY (an adaptation of Fr. larcin, O. Fr. larrecin, from Lat. latrocinium, theft, latio, robber)

larceny to steal a corpse, but any removal of the See also:

• COFFIN (from Lat. cophinus, Gr. K64wos, a coffer, chest or basket, but never meaning " coffin " in its present sense)

coffin or See also:

• GRAVE

grave-cloths is otherwise, such remaining the property of the persons who buried the body . It is a See also:

• MISDEMEANOUR (from O. Fr. mes- and demener, to conduct oneself ill)

misdemeanour to expose a naked corpse to public view, to prevent the See also:

• BURIAL

burial of a dead body, or to disinter it without authority; also to See also:

• BURY
• BURY, JOHN BAGNELL (1861- )

bury or otherwise dispose of a dead body on which an See also:

• INQUEST (O. Fr. enqueste, modern enqueete, from Lat.inquisitum, inquirere, to inquire)

inquest ought to be held, without giving See also:

• NOTICE

notice to a See also:

• CORONER

coroner . Anyone who, having the means, neglects to bury a dead body which he is legally See also:

• BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound to bury, is guilty of a misdemeanour, but no one is bound to incur a See also:

• DEBT (Lat. debitum, a thing owed)

debt for such a purpose . It is See also:

• INCUMBENT (from Lat. incumbere, to lean, lie upon)

incumbent on the relatives and See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends of a deceased See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person to provide See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian burial for him; failing relatives and friends, the See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty devolves upon the See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish . No corpse can be attached, taken in See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution, arrested or detainedfor debt . See further BODY-SNATCHING, and BURIAL AND BURIAL ACTS .