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Undertaker

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Anderson (1889)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

An act requiring undertakers to be licensed is unconstitutional; 70 Alb. L. J. 98.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

One who has charge of a funeral. ' Merriman v. Moore, 90 Pa. 80 (1879), cases, Paxson, J.; Act 12 June, 1878, P. L. 235; 121 Pa. 139. » LCamp u Weed, 33 Conn..'529 (1857), Storra, C. J.] s Barkow v. Sanger, 47 Wis. 607-8 (1879), Taylor, J. * Higginson v. Weld. 14 Gray, 170 (1859). An undertaker's establishmtsnt, in which he keeps co Mns, ice-boxes and cases for preserving bodies, and at the rear of which he cleanses and dries such boxes, is not necessarily a nuisance. ^ ■ UNDER-TENANT. See. Lease, Lessee, page 607.