Interments (felo de se) Act 1882
Interments (felo de se) Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict c 19) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Before this Act, a person found felo de se could be buried in a churchyard only between 9 and 12pm, and without rites. This Act sanctioned burial at any hour, and with the usual rites. Sir James Stephen said that the Act was so worded as to lead any ordinary reader to suppose that till it passed suicides were buried at a cross road with a stake through their bodies. The repeal of this Act was consequential on the abolition of felo de se.
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Interments (felo de se) Act 1882
Interments (felo de se) Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict c 19) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Before this Act, a person found felo de se could be buried in a churchyard only between 9 and 12pm, and without rites. This Act sanctioned burial at any hour, and with the usual rites. Sir James Stephen said that the Act was so worded as to lead any ordinary reader to suppose that till it passed suicides were buried at a cross road with a stake through their bodies. The repeal of this Act was consequential on the abolition of felo de se.
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Interments (felo de se) Act 18 ...... n the abolition of felo de se.
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34,494,730
Wikipage revision ID
740,016,963
commencement
1882-07-03
long title
An Act to amend the law relating to the interment of any person found felo de se.
parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
repeal date
1961-08-03
repealing legislation
royal assent
1882-07-03
short title
The Interments Act 1882
status
statute book chapter
territorial extent
England and Wales and the Channel Islands.
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Interments (felo de se) Act 18 ...... n the abolition of felo de se.
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Interments (felo de se) Act 1882
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