"The Burial Customs of the Ancient Greeks"Project Gutenburg |
"Both the rich man and the poor man die, and both are salted for the pit" [Maltese saying]
Friday 2 October 2015
Suicides
Thursday 1 October 2015
"The Burial Customs of the Ancient Greeks"
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Friday 31 July 2015
Aldborough - St Andrew, Boroughbridge. Anglican dissolution
Tuesday 3 March 2015
Familial and Common Graves
From : Omertaa.org |
Labels:
Addolorata,
cemetery,
Malta,
vaults
Location:
Malta
Wednesday 4 February 2015
Malta - Graves
"Times of Malta" 2004 |
"Owning a grave does not mean that problems could not arise and is not a guarantee that a person will definitely be buried there. Mr Attard Kingswell explained that if a grave is not separated in sections, then a year has to pass between one burial and another. However, he said, most private graves have three compartments. The lower compartment is usually used as an ossuary - where the bones are put after the grave is cleaned - but could take up to one coffin. He explained that this compartment is sealed with stone slabs and burials usually take place in the middle compartment, which can take up to two coffins. The second level is also sealed with stone slabs so that the top level can be used if the necessary time frame to open the main compartment has not passed. He said that as long as the section was sealed off, and there were no coffins in the section being opened, a burial could take place at any time.
Labels:
Addolorata,
Malta,
tomb,
Vault,
vaults
Location:
Malta
Thursday 8 January 2015
"Negroes, Indians"
Tuesday 6 January 2015
Nuisance, Public Health, Disease.
434. Nuisance,
Public Health, Disease.—A
cemetery is not a nuisance per
se,
but if it is proved that the burial of dead bodies in a certain
cemetery does injure the public health and is a fruitful source of
transmission of disease, the State may prohibit such burial at
certain places within cities or adjacent to dwellings. But unless
authorized by the Legislature a council has no right by ordinance to
provide that no one shall be buried within half a mile of any
habitation or public thoroughfare. And
where the Legislature authorized a city to remove the bodies
interred and allow streets through the land, it had authority to do
so.
Well Pollution
431. Well,
Pollution.—And
where a man had built a dwelling near a cemetery, it was not good
ground for him to prevent the enlargement of the cemetery by showing
that it might destroy his well. The court questions whether there is
any legal ground for complaint for the pollution of subterranean
waters when caused by the proper use without negligence of the
adjacent premises. Additional
lands may be obtained under the law of eminent domain by
condemnation.
Location:
Maryland, USA
Friday 2 January 2015
Tombstones - soldiers
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423.. Tombstones,
Soldiers.—The
United States will erect tombstones at the graves of soldiers who
served in the Civil War, in all cemeteries where their graves are
unmarked. Wherever the United States has jurisdiction over
cemeteries, it has made it a criminal offense punishable by fine or
imprisonment to deface a tombstone.757
[pg
223]
424. Indigent
Soldiers, Tombstones.—Most of the States have statutes
providing for the burial of indigent soldiers and for putting
tombstones at their graves. The attention of relatives of deceased
soldiers should be called to it.
Location:
United States
Thursday 1 January 2015
The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law 1909
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421. Statutes, Land.—There are sufficient statutory provisions on cemeteries to make a large book, and the frequent changes made in such laws render a full statement of the law impossible. The statutes against locating cemeteries near cities, dwellings, etc., should be carefully examined before buying land therefor.
Labels:
America,
Burial in Church,
churchyard,
Graveyard
Location:
Maryland, USA
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