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State Board Funeral Director (Funeral Service Law)
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State Board Funeral Director (FuneralService Law)
Abatement - -a proportional reduction of a legacy under a will when assets
out of which such legacy are payable are not sufficient to pay it in full.
-Acutal Custody of the Body - -the physical possession of the dead human
body.
-Ademption - -the extinction or withdrawal of a legacy under a will by an act
equivalent to revocation.
-Administrative Agency - -an appointed governmental body charged with
implementing particular legislation.
-Administrative Law - -the body of law created by Federal and State
administrative agencies to implement their powers and duties in the form of
rules, regulations, orders and decisions (OSHA, FTC, State Board Rules and
Regulations).
-Administrator - -a man who has been appointed by the court to settle an
estate.
-Administratix - -a woman who has been appointed by the court to settle an
estate.
-Agent Driver - -those drivers under the directions and control of the funeral
establishment who is liable for their actions.
-Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - -a federal statue prohibiting
discrimination against the disabled in employment, public transportation,
telecommunications services, and public accommodations and services
operated by private entities.
-Apprentice/Intern/Resident Trainee - -a person engaged in learning the
practice of funeral directiong and or embalming, under instruction, direction,
or personal supervision of a duly licensed funeral director or embalmer.
-bailee - -a person who receives personal property from another as a
bailment; the party who acquires possession but not the title of personal
property in a bailment.
, -bailment - -a delivery of personal property by one person(the bailor) to
another (the bailee) who holds the property for a certain purpose under and
express or implied-in-fact contract.
-bailor - -a person who delivers personal property to another as a bailment;
the party who gives up possesion but, not title, or property in a bailment.
-Bequest (see Legacy) - -a gift of personal property by will.
-Body Parts - -in the UAGA, parts are defined as "organs, tissues, eyes,
bones, arteries, blood, other fluids and other portions of a human body for
transplantation." After removal of a body part, without unnecssary
mutilation, the custody of the remainder of the body rests with the person
who otherwise has the right to control final disposition.
-Brain Death - -total and irreversible cessation of brain function as indicated
by a flat EEG reading.
-Building Code - -laws, ordinances and goverment regulations settting, forth
requirements for construction, maintenance, operations, occupancy, use or
appearance of buildings.
-Cadaver - -a dead human body intended solely for scientific study and
dissection.
-Case Law - -court decisions that establish precendent priciples.
-Clinical Death (Legal Death) - -the absence of all vital signs.
-Codicil - -an addition or amendement of a last will and testament executed
with the same formality as the will.
-Common Carrier - -any carrier required by law to convey passengers or
freight without refusal if the approved fare or charge is paid (airline, train,
etc).
-Common Law - -a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents
rather than statutory laws.
-Constitution - -any fundamental or important law or edict.
-Constructive Custody (Possession) - -having the authority to control
disposition although another party has physical posession.
-Coroner - -a public officer whose duty it is to investigate cause of death
when the question of accident, suicide, or homicide may be evident or where
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