Legal Definition and Related Resources of Funeral expenses
Meaning of Funeral expenses
Money expended in procuring the interment of a corpse. The nature and extent of the allowance for funeral expense varies with the solvency of the estate, and the discretion of the surrogate, so that it is impossible to define the scope of the terms. 3 Eedf. Wills, 243. “Funeral expenses have been held to include carriage hire to convey the family and friends to the place of interment (44 Miss. 124), suitable gravestones (30 Conn. 209), monuments (77 Pa. St. 49), burial plots (5 Redf. Sur. [N. Y.] 484), and vaults (14 Serg. & R. [Pa.] 64) ; also mourning apparel to enable the widow and children to attend decently at the funeral,” 1 Ashm. (Pa.) 316; 2 Woerner, Admn. 761.
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English Legal System: Funeral Expenses
In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Funeral Expenses : The reasonable cost of a deceased person’s burial, which is the first priority for payment from his estate.
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