Cemetery

Cemetery, Authority

From the book The Clergyman’s Hand-book of Law, about Cemetery, Authority (1): When a congregation that had title to a cemetery for many years entrusted the management and sale of the lots to the priest, he had thereby authority to create servitudes, such as alleys to lots, which become binding on the congregation and all third persons.503

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Notes and References

1. Charles M. Scanlan, The Clergyman’s Hand-book of Law. The Law of Church and Grave (1909), Benziger Brothers, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago

See Also

• Religion
• Church

Hierarchical Display of Cemetery

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Cemetery

Concept of Cemetery

See the dictionary definition of Cemetery.

Characteristics of Cemetery

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Translation of Cemetery

• Spanish: Cementerio
• French: Cimetière
• German: Friedhof
• Italian: Cimitero
• Portuguese: Cemitério
• Polish: Cmentarz

Thesaurus of Cemetery

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See also

• Death

• Military cemetery
• Armed forces