Preventing the lawful burial of a body
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title:
Preventing the lawful burial of a body
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Prevention of the lawful and decent burial of a dead body is an offence under the common law of England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Outside of homicide it is quite rare. It is triable only by indictment and can be punished by, at maximum, life imprisonment, an unlimited fine or both. An example of the offence, standalone, is detaining a body, for instance upon a claim for fees or a debt, refusing to deliver it to the executors for burial, or when entrusted with it for burial selling for dissect
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Criminal offence in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preventing_the_lawful_burial_of_a_body
date created:
2012-07-19T13:25:46Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T11:29:59Z
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