(159) parish where he dies, unless he was within certain ecclesiastical prohibitions (e. g. not having been baptized), and provided that the rites of the Church of England are observed. (Stat. 4 Geo. IV. c. 52, provides for the burial of suicides in churchyards without Christian rites.) But no person is entitled to be buried in the church itself without the consent of the incumbent, unless such a right exists by prescription, as belonging to a manor-house or other messuage. The right of burial may be enforced by mandamus or information (Phillim. Ecc. L. 839 et seq.), or by the ecclesiastical punishment of suspension. (Id. 857.) The common law rule, that every burial in a parochial churchyard must celebrated according to the rites Church of England, has been abolished in England by the Burial Laws Amendment Act, 1880 (43 and 44 Vict. c. 41), which provides that a deceased person may be buried within the churchyard or graveyard of a parish or ecclesiastical district or place, without the Church of England service for the burial of the dead, provided proper notice of the intended burial is given to the incumbent; the burial may take place either without any religious service, or with any Christian and orderly religious service. The act only extends to burial grounds in which the parishioners or inhabitants of the parish or ecclesiastical district have rights of burial, and it expressly enacts that it shall not authorize the burial of any person in any place where such person would have had no right of interment if the act had not passed; nor authorize the burial of any person in a burial ground vested in trustees, without the performance of any express condition on which, by the terms of the trust deed, the right of interment may have been granted. 2. Fees.-Fees on burial are due only by custom in each place, and not by the general law. 2 Steph. Com. 740. 3. Statutes concerning. The principal English statutes relating to burials are the Stat. 10 and 11 Vict. c. 65, regulating the making and management of cemeteries by companies incorporated for that purpose; Stat. 15 and 16 Vict. c. 85, making provision for closing burial grounds in the metropolis for the protection of the public health; Stat. 16 and 17 Vict. c. 134, extending those provisions to other cities and towns; and Stat. 20 and 21 Vict. c. 81, as to burial grounds for the paupers. 4. Burial boards. - The Stats. 15 and 16 Vict. c. 85, and 16 and 17 Vict. c. 134, (as amended by Stat. 18 and 19 Viet. c. 128,) also contain enactments for providing a new burial ground in any parish where the existing burial ground is insufficient or dangerous to health: in such case a burial board is appointed by the vestry, with power to purchase land for a burial ground, and to borrow money for that purpose, the expenses being charged on the poor rate. See also the Burial Act, 1871, and the acts mentioned in the schedule to that act; and 2343 of the Public Health Act, 1875, re-enacting the enactments set out in schedule 5, part 3. cemeteries, subject to the provisions of the Cemeteries Clauses Act, 1847, and the Public Health Act, 1875. See MORTUARY. 26. Grants of land for burial grounds. - Stats. 30 and 31 Vict. c. 133; 31 and 32 Vict. c. 47; and 36 and 37 Vict. c. 50, contain provisions for voluntary grants and sales of land for the purposes of burial grounds, including gifts of land by limited owners, such as tenants for life. (Phillim. Ecc. L. 853.) As to the registration of burials, see REGISTRATION. BURIAL, (rights of). 1 Barn. & Ad. 122. BURIAL GROUND, (in a statute). 103 Mass. 104. BURKING, or BURKISM.-Committing murder in order to sell the body for dissection. BURLAW' COURTS.-In Scotch law, courts consisting of neighbors selected by common consent to act as judges in determining disputes between neighbor and neighbor. BURN.-See ARSON. BURN, (in crimes act). 5 Cush. (Mass.) 427; 16 Mass. 105; 3 Ired. (N. C.) L. 570; 10 Rich. (S. C.) L. 23. (in indictment for arson). 17 Ga. 130. BURNED AND CONSUMED, (in an indictment for arson). 110 Mass. 403. BURNING, (a ship). 4 Dall. 417. (not synonymous with "setting fire to"). 5 Gratt. (Va.) 664. (what constitutes arson). 16 Johns. (N. Y.) 203; 5 Cush. (Mass.) 427; 32 Vt. 158; 1 Car. & M. 541; 9 Car. & P. 45. BURNING A HOUSE, (in a statute). 16 Mass. 105. -The bursery, or exchequer of collegiate and conventual bodies; or the place of receiving and paying, and accounting by the bursarii, or bursers, A. D. 1277. But the word bursarii did not only signify the bursars of a convent or college; but formerly stipendiary scholars were called by the name of bursarii, as they lived on the burse or fund, or public stock 5. Public Health Act. - The Public of the university. At Paris, and among the Health (Interments) Act, 1879, empowers local Cistertian monks, they were particularly termed authorities to acquire, construct and maintain by this name. Jacob.