Definition: Burial permit

Category: Social statistics

Official document, usually issued only for a legally registered death, authorizing the removal of the dead body (corpse) to the cemetery or other final disposal. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/SeriesF_84_EN.pdf
Source:
United Nations, "Handbook on Training in Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems", Studies in Methods, Series F, No. 84, New York, 2002
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