Cremation Flashcards
When cremated remains are cast from a private plane
Aerial scattering
An unfinished wood box or other non-metal receptacle or enclosure, without ornamentation or a fixed interior lining, which is designed for the encasement of human remains and which is made of fiberboard, pressed wood, composition materials (with or without an outside covering) or like materials
Alternative container
The person (s) with the paramount right to authorize (ex. Spouse, next of kin)
Authorizing agent
Releasing cremated remains to the wind
Casting (scattering)
A structure, room or space in a mausoleum or other building containing niches or recesses used to hold cremated remains
Columbarium
Disposing of cremated remains in a manner or location that combines the cremated remains with the cremated of another individual
Commingling
A container used to hold the deceased, which is constructed out of a type of cardboard, which is made with a series of alternate folds and ridges
Corrugated container
All remains of the cremated human body recovered after the completion of the cremation process, including pulverization
Cremated remains
An environmentally safe casket which is designed for encasing dead human remains for cremation
Cremation casket
retort designed specifically for the incineration of human remains
Cremator
Disposition of human remains by cremation, without formal viewing, visitation, or ceremony with the body present
Direct cremation
The attention reasonably expected from, and ordinarily exercised by a person who seeks to satisfy a legal requirement or to discharge an obligation
Due diligence
The act of placing cremated remains in an urn (CANA definition) act of placing cremated remains in a niche or grave
Inurnment
Funeral rites without the body present
Memorial service
Degree to which light is reduced when viewed through a smoke plume. Visible emissions. EPA identifies opacity testing methods state opacity limits vary
Opacity