# Cemeteries Clauses Act 1847, 


Form of Grant of Right of Burial
By virtue of [here name the special Act], we [here state the name or description of the company], in consideration of the sum of to us paid by , of , do hereby grant unto the said the exclusive right of burial [ or the right of burying bodies, as the case may be,] [or the right of placing a monument, tablet, or gravestone,] in [here describe the ground intended for the exclusive burial, or for placing a monument, tablet, or gravestone, as the case may be, so as to identify the same, and if a place of exclusive burial, add “numbered on the plan of the cemetery, made in pursuance “of the said Act,”] to hold the same to the said in perpetuity [or the period agreed upon] for the purpose of burial [or as the case may be]. Given under our common seal, [or under our hands and seals, as the case may be,] this day of in the year of our Lord

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/10-11/65/schedule/1/crossheading/1n1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/cemeteries-clauses-act-1847/schedule-1/crossheading-1n1
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