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Chapter VII: Burial

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1. Right of burial by clergyman of the parish where death
occurs--Bells to be rung--Burial in case of death in another
parish--Relief in case interment is refused--No right to
particular hour or spot of burial--Incumbent or churchwardens
cannot sell or grant grave-spaces in perpetuity or brick
graves--Reservation of exclusive right of burial on grant of
addition to churchyard--Faculty for exclusive grave space in
other cases--Burial of non-parishioners not dying within the
parish. 2. Burial of bodies cast up by the sea or tidal or
navigable water. 3. Burial of person dying unbaptized or
excommunicate and of _felo de se_--Burial of child of dissenter
or person who has received lay baptism--Interment cannot be
required without convenient warning. 4. Bringing of corpse into
church and burial under church. 5. Fees--Prepayment not
enforceable--Customary amount--On burial of
non-parishioners--Tables of fees--Special fees for brick graves,
iron coffins, and other extras--Fees and rights of burial where
new ecclesiastical parish has its own burial ground. 6. Use of
Burial Service in unconsecrated ground--Use of special
form--Permission of burial without Church rites and with or
without some other service on notice under Act of 1880--Day and
time for burial--Fee. 7. Delivery of registrar's certificate of
death or order of coroner at funeral. 8. Fees on interments in
cemeteries under Cemeteries Clauses Act, 1847. 9. Burial
Acts--Consecrated and unconsecrated parts of burial
grounds--Chapels--Fees of incumbents, clerks, and sextons--Sale
of rights to vaults and monuments--Burial Act, 1900--Tables of
fees--Restrictions on future fees to incumbents, churchwardens,
and sextons--Commutation of fees. 10. Cremation--Burial of
cremated remains. 11. Faculty for removal of body from one
unconsecrated place of interment to another--Licence of Home
Secretary for removal in other cases pages 121-134

CHAPTER VIII

PRIVATE MINISTRATIONS

1. Visitation and Communion of the Sick---Canon 67--Order for
the Visitation--Confession and absolution of the
sick--Regulations as to Communion. 2. Preparation for
Confirmation. 3. Spiritual advice and
comfort--Confession--Absolution. 4. Ordinary visitation and
intercourse pages 135-140

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The Legal Position of the ClergyChapter VII: Burial

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