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Sepulchre

A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889

A Dictionary of Law

The place where the body of a human being is buried; a grave. Violation of sepulcher is the misdemeanor of will fully and unlawfully opening a tomb, vault, or grave, and clandestinely removing the corpse therefrom. The offense has been extended to include the mutilation of gravestones, monutnents, fences, shrubbery, etc., in places of interment-

See Burial.