[1] : WordNet (r) 2.0

dead body
     n : body of a dead animal or person; "they found the body in the
         lake" syn: body
see also:
body 

[2] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

dead body, crim. law. a corpse. 
     2. to take up a dead body without lawful authority, even for the 
purposes of dissection, is a misdemeanor, for which the offender may be 
indicted at common law. 1 russ. on cr. 414; 1 dowl.  r. 13; russ.  ry. 
366, ii. b; 2 chit. cr. law, 35. this offence is punished by statute in new 
hampshire, laws of n. h. 339, 340 in vermont, laws of vermont, 368. c. 361; 
in massachusetts, stat. 1830, c. 51; 8 pick. 370; 11 pick. 350; in new york, 
2 rev. stat. 688. vide 1 russ. 414, n. a. 
     3. the preventing a dead body from being buried, is also an indictable 
offence. 2 t. r. 734; 4 east, 460; 1 russ. on cr. 415 and 416, note a. 
     4. to inter a dead body found in a river, it seems, would render the 
offender liable to an indictment for a misdemeanor, unless he first sent for 
the coroner. 1 kenyon's r. 250. 

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