Extracted From:
  A LAW DICTIONARY ..., SIXTH EDITION, 1856
  by John Bouvier, CHILDS & PETERSON, PHILADELPHIA

DEAD Something which has no life; figuratively, something of no value. 

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....
  3. The preventing a dead body from being buried, is also an indictable
offence.
  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....

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