Affidavit |
Document setting out certain facts, and filed to amend ownership or declare heirs of a deceased property owner. |
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An area in a Columbarium or mausoleum containing niches for the placement of cremated remains. |
At Need |
Having to do with burial arrangements at the time of death. |
Before-Need |
Or Pre-Need; having to do with the purchase of property and services in advance of a death. |
Cemetery |
a tract of land, mausoleum, or crematory and columbarium providing space for disposal of human remains. |
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Building or area of a building designated for the placement of cremated remains. |
Commodities |
Tangible items for memorial use, e.g. vaults, memorial tablets or plaques, monuments, vases, etc. |
Companion Crypt |
Two side-by-side crypts with a common front. |
Cremation |
Process of reducing human remains to ashes by means of extreme heat. |
Cremation Privilege |
The privilege of interring a container of cremated remains in a single-capacity crypt or grave, in addition to a full burial or another set of cremated remains. |
Crypt |
A sealed space in a mausoleum provided for the placement one (or two in a Tandem Crypt) caskets. |
Cup |
A flower container for ground property. (See Vase) |
Deed |
Document showing ownership of burial rights. |
Double Grave |
Ground burial for two persons in one grave. |
Double Interment Privilege |
Privilege of interring the remains of a second in addition to a prior burial; also, the amount paid for such a privilege (also referred to as a "DIP") |
Endowment Care |
A state-required fund set up to provide income for park maintenance and care for individual burial spaces and memorial tablets. |
Entombment |
Burial in a crypt, vault, or sarcophagus. |
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Family plot or group of graves or lawn crypts, often fenced in. |
Funeral Home |
Or mortuary; establishment for the preparation of human remains for burial or cremation; files death certificates; holds memorial services. |
Future Use |
Commodities and services purchased in advance of need. |
Interment |
Burial in the ground; also, generally, entombment or inurnment. |
Inurnment |
Placement of cremated remains in an urn and /or in a niche. |
Lawn Crypt |
Double ground burial space where the burial vault is pre-placed during the development and prior to use. |
Liner |
Bottomless, box-shaped cover placed over a casket in the ground to minimize excess settling. |
Lot |
Numbered subdivision of a plot. |
Marker |
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Mausoleum |
A building containing crypts and niches. |
Monument
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Niche |
A space provided for the placement of one or more urns. |
Opening & Closing |
The service of opening a burial spacement for interment, entombment, or inurnment, and closing it upon completion; also, the fee paid for this service. |
Permit |
A document issued by the County Health Department authorizing disposal of human remains. We cannot make a burial without this document. |
Plot |
A lawn designated by name, eg. Del Ivy Plot. |
Sanctuary |
A named hallway in a mausoleum, eg. Sanctuary of Devotion. |
Service |
Necessary labor performed by cemetery personnel, eg. cremation, interment, entombment, etc.; also, a memorial service. |
Receiving Vault |
Crypt used for the temporary placement of human remains. |
Trust Agreement |
Document provided as evidence of Commodity or Service Funds held in trust for future use. |
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Container for cremated remains. |
Vase |
Flower contain for a crypt or niche. (See Cup) |
Vault |
Protective concrete box into which a casket or urn is placed and sealed before ground burial. |
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