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Contract
A legally enforceable agreement between parties having capacity to contract whereby certain rights and obligations are
created in both parties and for the breach of such duties a party may become liable in law for damages.
Copper
A malleable. ductile, metallic element having a characteristic reddish brown color.
Copper deposit
A casket made from a core of copper metal to which copper ions are combined by an electrolytic process.
Corner
An optional part of the casket hardware that is attached to the four corners of the body panel.
Coroner
A public officer whose chief duty is to investigate death when the question of accident suicide or homicide may be
evident or where there was no doctor in attendance. Also to hold inquests and affix blame and responsibility.
Corpse
A dead human body.
Cortege
The procession of vehicles from the place of the funeral to the place of final disposition.
Cost
The price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish or maintain anything.
Cot
A portable stretcher commonly employed in ambulance and service cars for removing sick, injured or deceased
persons.
Cotton
The soft, white, downy fibers of the cotton seed.
Cove
See Roll.
Creditors
A person or organization to whom money or goods are owed.
Cremate (cremation)
The reduction of a dead human body to inorganic bone fragments by intense heat in a specifically designed retort or
chamber.
Cremains
Cremated human remains.
Cremation permit
A certificate issued by local government giving their permission for cremation of the deceased.
Crematory (crematorium)
A furnace or retort for cremating a dead human body; a building that houses a retort.
Crepe
A thin crinkled cloth of silk, rayon, cotton or wool.
Crinkled
An exterior casket finish in which the metal is coated with a substance that wrinkles as it dries; usually used on less
expensive caskets.
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