Funeral
Defined in 1 dictionary — Anderson (1889)
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
See Bueial. " Funeral expenses" may include the cost of carriage-hire, vault, and tombstone, besides the cost of shroud, coffin, grave, etc.^ But not, charges for dinner and horse-feed furnished to persons attending the funeral. See Executor.', FURNITURE. That -which furnishes, or with which anything is furnished or supplied. Whatever may be supplied to a house, a room, or the like, to make it habitable, convenient, or agreeable. Goods, vessels, utensils and other appendages, necessary or convenient for housekeeping. Whatever is added to the interior of a house or apartment for use or convenience.'' Relates, ordinarily, to movable personal chattels; but is very general, in meaning and application, and the meaning changes, so as to take the color of, or to accord with, the subject to which it is applied.^ Household fiirniture. Those vessels, utensils, or goods, which, not becoming fixtures, are designed, in their manufacture, originally and chiefly for use in the family, as instruments of the household and for conducting and managing household afl'airs. Does not include a trunk or a cabinet bpx.' Embraces everything about a house that has been usually enjoyed therewith, including plate, linen, chma, and pictm-es.' A bequest of household furniture ordinai'il.y comprises everything that contributes to the convenience of the householder or to the ornament of the house. Does not include the furniture of a school-room in a boarding-school.* As used in a bequest, includes bronzes, statuary, and pictures placed In various parts of the house to render it more agreeable as a place of residence, if comporting with the testator's means and the general style of furnishing the house.^ See Contained; Implements. ' Mower v. Staples, 33 ilinn. 2S6 (1884), cases. Berry, Judge. "Donald v. Mc Whorter, 44 >nss. 29 (1870); Matter of Lnckey, 4 Eedf. 95 (1879); 14 S. & R. 64. 2 Shaef Eer v. Shaef Eer, 54 Md. 683 1 1S80). See, in general, Mc Clellan v. Filson, 44 Ohio St. 188-89 (1886), cases. * Bell V. Goldmg, 37 Ind. 179 (1866), Ray, C. J. See also Grossman v. Baldwin, 49 Conn. 491 (1883). « [Fore V. Hibbard, 68 Ala. 413 (1879), Manning, J. « Towns V. Pratt, 33 N. H. 350 (1856), Sawyer, J, ' Endicott v. Endicott, 41 N. J. E. 96 (1886); M'Micken V. M'Micken University, 2 Am. Law Reg. 489 (1863); 2 Jarm. Wills, 353; 63 N. H. 295. *Hoopes's Appeal, 60 Pa. 227 (1869), cases, Sharswood, J. Furniture of a ship. Includes everything with which a ship requires to be furnished or equipped to make her seaworthy.i See Appurtenance.