Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes > Chapter 440 > Subchapter VII - Crematory Authorities

• Authorization form: means a form specified in…. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.70
• Business entity: has the meaning given in…. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.70
• Columbarium: means a building, structure, or part of a building or structure that is used or intended to be used for the inurnment of cremated remains. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.70
• Cremated remains: means human remains recovered from the cremation of a human body or body part and the residue of a container or foreign materials that were cremated with the body or body part. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.70
• Cremation: means the process of using heat to reduce human remains to bone fragments and includes processing or pulverizing the bone fragments. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.70
• Cremation chamber: means an enclosed space within which cremation takes place. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.70
• Crematory: means a building or portion of a building within which a cremation chamber is located. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.70
• Crematory authority: means a person who owns or operates a crematory. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.70
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Following: when used by way of reference to any statute section, means the section next following that in which the reference is made. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
• Funeral director: has the meaning given in…. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.70
• Funeral establishment: has the meaning given in…. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.70
• Human remains: means the body or part of the body of a deceased individual. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.70
• in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols or figures. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
• Municipality: includes cities and villages; it may be construed to include towns. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
• Niche: means a space in a columbarium that is used or intended to be used for the inurnment of cremated remains. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.70
• Person: includes all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
• Promulgate: when used in connection with a rule, as defined under…. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.