- place of burial
- A cemetery; a burial plot; sometimes the open sea. Brambir v Cunard White Star Ltd. (DC NY) 37 F Supp 906, affd (CA2) 119 F2d 419.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
place of burial
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Burial — Bur i*al, n. [OE. buriel, buriels, grave, tomb, AS. byrgels, fr. byrgan to bury, and akin to OS. burgisli sepulcher.] 1. A grave; a tomb; a place of sepulture. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The erthe schook, and stoones weren cloven, and biriels weren… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Burial case — Burial Bur i*al, n. [OE. buriel, buriels, grave, tomb, AS. byrgels, fr. byrgan to bury, and akin to OS. burgisli sepulcher.] 1. A grave; a tomb; a place of sepulture. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The erthe schook, and stoones weren cloven, and biriels… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Burial ground — Burial Bur i*al, n. [OE. buriel, buriels, grave, tomb, AS. byrgels, fr. byrgan to bury, and akin to OS. burgisli sepulcher.] 1. A grave; a tomb; a place of sepulture. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The erthe schook, and stoones weren cloven, and biriels… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
