See also:

• EXHUMATION (from Med. Lat. exhumare; ex, out of, and humus, ground)

EXHUMATION (from Med. See also:

• LAT

Lat. exhumare; ex, out of, and humus, ground)  , the See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of digging up and removing an See also:

• OBJECT

object from the ground . The word is particularly applied to the removal of a dead See also:

• BODY

body from its See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

• BURIAL

burial . For the offence of exhuming a body without legal authority, and the See also:

• PROCESS

process of obtaining such authority, see BURIAL AND BURIAL ACTS .