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exhumation  

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  • Exhumation refers to the removal of human remains from their place of interment. In modern society exhumation occurs for a number of reasons, including repatriation to a different country, to change the type of disposal from inhumation to cremation, to change the location of interment, or to conform to a legal request. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Exhumation]

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