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POSITION DEAD BODY [2 records]

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Record 1 2015-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
  • Law of Evidence
  • Funeral Services
CONT

For example, when dealing with buried remains from a forensic context, contextual criteria consistent with modern skeletal remains include the association of modern clothing and jewelry, the position of the body within the grave, and a lack of mortuary artifacts. In addition, body position is important because a body placed in a forensic grave may exhibit a discordant body position inconsistent with the body position of a formal burial.

Key term(s)
  • position of a body
  • position of a dead body

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Pompes funèbres
CONT

La position du corps est assez souvent un indice lorsque l'on a affaire à un défunt dont il est clairement visible que le corps a été déposé dans une fosse, assez vaste, avec un écartement des jambes caractéristique.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
  • Funeral Services
  • Anthropology
DEF

The act of placing a dead body in a specific position for its burial.

Key term(s)
  • positioning of a body
  • positioning of a dead body

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
  • Pompes funèbres
  • Anthropologie
DEF

Action de placer le corps d'un défunt dans une position particulière pour son inhumation.

Spanish

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