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EXHUMATION (from Med. Lat. exhumare; ...

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 71 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EXHUMATION (from Med. See also:Lat. exhumare; ex, out of, and humus, ground) , the See also:act of digging up and removing an See also:object from the ground. The word is particularly applied to the removal of a dead See also:body from its See also:place of See also:burial. For the offence of exhuming a body without legal authority, and the See also:process of obtaining such authority, see BURIAL AND BURIAL ACTS.

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