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Aerial Scattering - ✔️cremated remains are cast from a private plane.
Alternative container - ✔️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.
Authorizing agent - ✔️the person(s) with the paramount right to authorize (give
permission) ex: spouse, next of kin, etc.
Casting (Scattering) - ✔️releasing cremated remains to the wind.
Catacombs - ✔️originated in ancient Rome as excavated cemeteries cut out of soft rock
for the tombs of wealthy Christians; later became a place for religious rites to avoid
persecution (H70)
Columbarium - ✔️a structure, room, or space in a mausoleum or other building
containing niches or recesses used to hold cremated remains.
Commingling - ✔️disposing of cremated remains in a manner or location that combines
the cremated remains with the cremated remains of another Invidual.
Cool Cremation - ✔️the first cremation of the day (the retort is cool because it has not
been used).
Corrugated Container - ✔️a container used to hold a dead human body which is
constructed out of a type of cardboard, which is made with a series of alternate folds
and ridges.
Cremated remains - ✔️all remains of the cremated human body recovered after the
completion of the cremation process, including pulverization *Note: cremated
human remains are not properly referred to as ashes or cremains.
Cremation Casket - ✔️an environmentally safe casket which is designed for encasing
dead human remains for cremation.
Cremation - ✔️the reduction of a dead human body to inorganic bone fragments by
intense heat in a specifically designed retort or chamber
Cremation Association of North America - ✔️founded in 1913, CANA is an international
organization of cemeterians, cremationists, funeral directors, industry suppliers and
, consultants. CANA was originally formed to promote cremation as a modern, safe and
hygienic way of dealing with a dead human body.
Cremator - ✔️the total mechanical unit for the cremation process (CANA definition.);
retort designed specifically for the incineration of human remains (NFDA definition); the
burning chamber in a crematory (ABFSE definition).
Crematory (Crematorium) - ✔️a building that houses a retort.
Direct cremation - ✔️disposition of human remains by cremation, without formal
viewing, visitation or ceremony with the body present.
Due diligence - ✔️the attention reasonably expected from, and ordinarily exercised by,
a person who seeks to satisfy a legal requirement or to discharge an obligation.
Indemnification - ✔️the authorizing agent relieves the funeral home of liability of
misidentification and any errors in the information provided by signing the cremation
authorization form. The funeral director is relying on the information provided by the
authorizing agent as being accurate.
Inurnment - ✔️the act of placing cremains in an urn. (CANA definition) act of placing
cremated remains in a niche or grave.
Memorial gathering - ✔️a scheduled assembly of family and friends following a death.
Memorial service - ✔️funeral rites with the body not present.
Niche - ✔️a recess or space in a columbarium used for the permanent placing of
cremated remains.
Opacity - ✔️degree to which light is reduced when viewed through a smoke plume.
Visible emissions. EPA identifies opacity testing methods; state opacity limits vary.
RetortOpacity - ✔️degree to which light is reduced when viewed through a smoke
plume. Visible emissions. EPA identifies opacity testing methods; state opacity limits
vary.
Ossuary - ✔️receptacle for communal placement of cremated remains.
Pouch - ✔️a leak resistant zippered bag designed to contain a dead human body and
body fluids and is used mainly for the removal of dead human remains from the place of
death.
Answers|Verified
Aerial Scattering - ✔️cremated remains are cast from a private plane.
Alternative container - ✔️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.
Authorizing agent - ✔️the person(s) with the paramount right to authorize (give
permission) ex: spouse, next of kin, etc.
Casting (Scattering) - ✔️releasing cremated remains to the wind.
Catacombs - ✔️originated in ancient Rome as excavated cemeteries cut out of soft rock
for the tombs of wealthy Christians; later became a place for religious rites to avoid
persecution (H70)
Columbarium - ✔️a structure, room, or space in a mausoleum or other building
containing niches or recesses used to hold cremated remains.
Commingling - ✔️disposing of cremated remains in a manner or location that combines
the cremated remains with the cremated remains of another Invidual.
Cool Cremation - ✔️the first cremation of the day (the retort is cool because it has not
been used).
Corrugated Container - ✔️a container used to hold a dead human body which is
constructed out of a type of cardboard, which is made with a series of alternate folds
and ridges.
Cremated remains - ✔️all remains of the cremated human body recovered after the
completion of the cremation process, including pulverization *Note: cremated
human remains are not properly referred to as ashes or cremains.
Cremation Casket - ✔️an environmentally safe casket which is designed for encasing
dead human remains for cremation.
Cremation - ✔️the reduction of a dead human body to inorganic bone fragments by
intense heat in a specifically designed retort or chamber
Cremation Association of North America - ✔️founded in 1913, CANA is an international
organization of cemeterians, cremationists, funeral directors, industry suppliers and
, consultants. CANA was originally formed to promote cremation as a modern, safe and
hygienic way of dealing with a dead human body.
Cremator - ✔️the total mechanical unit for the cremation process (CANA definition.);
retort designed specifically for the incineration of human remains (NFDA definition); the
burning chamber in a crematory (ABFSE definition).
Crematory (Crematorium) - ✔️a building that houses a retort.
Direct cremation - ✔️disposition of human remains by cremation, without formal
viewing, visitation or ceremony with the body present.
Due diligence - ✔️the attention reasonably expected from, and ordinarily exercised by,
a person who seeks to satisfy a legal requirement or to discharge an obligation.
Indemnification - ✔️the authorizing agent relieves the funeral home of liability of
misidentification and any errors in the information provided by signing the cremation
authorization form. The funeral director is relying on the information provided by the
authorizing agent as being accurate.
Inurnment - ✔️the act of placing cremains in an urn. (CANA definition) act of placing
cremated remains in a niche or grave.
Memorial gathering - ✔️a scheduled assembly of family and friends following a death.
Memorial service - ✔️funeral rites with the body not present.
Niche - ✔️a recess or space in a columbarium used for the permanent placing of
cremated remains.
Opacity - ✔️degree to which light is reduced when viewed through a smoke plume.
Visible emissions. EPA identifies opacity testing methods; state opacity limits vary.
RetortOpacity - ✔️degree to which light is reduced when viewed through a smoke
plume. Visible emissions. EPA identifies opacity testing methods; state opacity limits
vary.
Ossuary - ✔️receptacle for communal placement of cremated remains.
Pouch - ✔️a leak resistant zippered bag designed to contain a dead human body and
body fluids and is used mainly for the removal of dead human remains from the place of
death.
