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EXHUMATION (from Med. Lat. exhumare; ex, out of, and humus, ground)
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EXHUMATION (from Med. Lat. exhumare; ex, out of, and humus, ground), the act of digging up and removing an object from the ground. The word is particularly applied to the removal of a dead body from its place of burial. For the offence of exhuming a body without legal authority, and the process of obtaining such authority, see BURIAL AND BURIAL ACTS.