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Article 2

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In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—

  • “burial” includes burial in a vault and the interment or deposit of cremated remains;

  • “chancellor” means the judge of the consistory or commissary court of the bishop or archbishop of the diocese;

  • “incumbent” means the incumbent of any benefice as defined by the Interpretation Measure 1925f1;

  • “churchyard” includes the curtilage of a church and a burial ground of a church whether or not immediately adjoining such church;

  • “cemetery” means a burial ground maintained by a Burial Authority;

  • “monument” includes headstones, crosses, kerbs, borders, vases, chains, railings, tablets, flatstones, tombstones or monuments or tombs of any other kind.

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Footnotes

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1925 No. 1 (15 & 16 Geo. 5).