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Glossary of Terms
The following definitions explain terms used in this site.
Burial - The disposition of human remains, traditionally below
ground.
Care - The general maintenance of the cemetery
and of the lots, graves, niches, and columbarium, therein are
within the sole discretion of the cemetery; including cutting
and trimming of lawn; repairing the drains, water lines, roads,
buildings, fences and other structures in keeping with a well
maintained cemetery; also overhead expense necessary for such
purposes, including maintenance of machinery, tools and equipment
for such care; compensation of employees, payment of insurance
premiums, reasonable payments for employee benefit plans, and
maintaining necessary records of ownership, transfers and burials.
Casket - A rigid container designed for the encasement of human
remains and customarily constructed of wood or metal, ornamented
and lined with fabric and for viewing of the body from the waist
up.
Certificate of Interment Rights or Deed
for Interment Rights - The document by which the cemetery conveys a right of interment
or inurnment in an interment space.
Coffin - A rigid container designed for the
encasement of human remains and customarily constructed of wood
or metal, ornamented and sometimes lined with fabric and for
viewing of the entire body.
Columbarium - An arrangement of niches in an outdoor garden
setting.
Contractor - Any person, firm or corporation, or anyone engaged
in placing, erecting or repairing any memorial or monument, or
performing any work in the cemetery's grounds, other than an
employee of the cemetery.
Cremation - The reduction, through heat and
evaporation, of the human body to its basic elements. Cremation
is a means of preparing the human body for final disposition
and memorialization.
Cremation Estate Lots - A family lot in a garden setting with
trees, bushes, and flowers where several (1-8) cremation containers
may be buried.
Cremation Grass Lots - A single grave space in the cemetery
used for in-ground burial of cremated human remains.
Cremated Remains of the Body - The remains after the cremation
process is completed.
Cremation Vault - A container for an urn made of concrete, metal,
fiberglass, or durable plastic.
Easement - Printed contract (agreement) between
the cemetery and the person who is purchasing the burial rights
to a grave (or graves).
Foundation - The base or footing on which a monument/memorial
is installed.
Funeral - Organized, purposeful, time-limited,
group-centered response to death. Generally includes rites
and/or other ceremonies with the body present to commemorate
the death that occurred and the life that has been lived.
Garden Court Columbarium - An arrangement of niches in an outdoor
wall - garden setting - designed to accommodate one or two cremation
urns.
Given Name - The first name of an individual.
Grave - A space of land in the cemetery used or intended to
be used for the burial of human remains.
Grave Liner - A non-sealing concrete receptacle
of two or more pieces in which the casket is placed at the time
of burial, not specifically to protect the casket but to prevent
the ground above from sinking. It is generally made of
concrete, steel, fiberglass, polypropylene or copper.
Hillside Columbarium - An arrangement of niches in an outdoor
wall – terraced landscaping with trees, hedges and walkway
- designed to accommodate one or two cremation urns.
Interment - The (a) burial of human remains, or (b) inurnment
of cremated human remains.
Interment Service - The services involved in
preparing the interment site for use. Generally includes
such items as opening and closing the burial site, staff supervision,
establishment and maintenance of permanent burial records, and
the use of necessary equipment and accessories.
Interment Space - A grave, niche or plot.
Inurnment - The placement of the cremated remains of the body
in an urn, and a placement of such urn in a niche, grave or other
suitable location in the cemetery.
Marker - A stone memorial flush with the ground
indicating the name of the deceased and date of birth and death.
Memorial - A (a) monument, tombstone, grave marker, or headstone
identifying a grave or graves, or (b) name plate, name bar, or
inscription identifying a niche.
Memorial Service - An alternative funeral involving
rites, ceremonies, and commemoration without the body present.
Memorialization - (cremation) means the placement of cremated
human remains in an inurnment space.
Monument - Something designed to preserve the
memory of a family member and placed either above ground (monuments)
or flush to the ground (markers) of the family plot.
Niche - A space in a columbarium used or intended to be used
for the inurnment of cremated human remains.
Owner - The person or persons:
(1) to whom the cemetery has conveyed burial right(s);
(2) who have acquired such burial right(s) by transfer in accordance with these
rules and regulations; or
(3) who hold such burial right(s) by inheritance.
Perpetual Care Fund - A fund in which a portion of the monies
collected from the sale of interment spaces is placed in a fund
and invested for future care.
Pre-Need/Preplanning - The advance planning
and payment of a family burial place; a time to study fully and
thoughtfully the burial space, services and merchandise available.
Surname - The family name (last name).
Temporary Marker - A temporary manner of identifying an interment
space installed by the cemetery at the time of burial, but not
maintained thereafter.
Urn - A container for cremated remains of the body.
Vault - Any sealing container or enclosure made of concrete, fiberglass
or steel, which is placed in a grave around a casket to prevent
the collapse of the grave and/or to protect the casket or for burial
of an urn.
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