Subject: DEAD BODY
Resent-Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 19:18:44 -0800 (PST)
Resent-From: SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 22:17:49 -0500
From: "Steven J. Coker" 
Reply-To: carolina@yours.com
Organization: http://www.scroots.org/
To: SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com

Extracted From:
  A LAW DICTIONARY ..., SIXTH EDITION, 1856
  by John Bouvier, CHILDS & PETERSON, PHILADELPHIA

DEAD Something which has no life; figuratively, something of no value.

DEAD BODY, crim. law. A corpse.
  2. To take up a dead body without lawful authority, even for the purposes of
dissection, is a misdemeanor, for which the offender may be indicted at common
law....
  3. The preventing a dead body from being buried, is also an indictable
offence.
  4. To inter a dead body found in a river, it seems, would render the offender
liable to an indictment for a misdemeanor, unless he first sent for the
coroner....

==== SCROOTS Mailing List ====
**********  PRUNE YOUR QUOTES!  **********
SC Historic Sites: http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/introduc.htm
Send comments about the Forum to:
Steven J. Coker, SCRoots Manager
P.O. Box 359, Charleston, SC 29402
scroots@geocities.com
http://www.scroots.org/