What do they mean when a body is exhumed?

Answer 1

The digging up of a buried body is called exhumation, and is considered sacrilege by most cultures that bury their dead. However, there is often a number of circumstances in which exhumation is tolerated:

Answer 2

It means they have had to Dig it up for some reason. (in many places in Europe Graves are LEASED and not sold so after about 50 or so years they Exhume them and burn what is left and get rid o f the ashes. Exhumation is also used for Forensic purposes.

Answer 3

Exhume:
1. To remove from a grave; disinter.
2. To bring to light, especially after a period of obscurity.

Answer 4

Exhumed means a body is dug up from its grave, usually for medical or forsenic testing.

Answer 5

legal removal (requiring a court order whre the police can provide sufficient grounds for request - i.e new evidence to suggest murder etc etc. that requires re-examination of the deceased) of the body and casket from the grave.
Following exhumation and examination the body if finally re-interred with appropriate cermony conducted over it.

Answer 6

Dug up from the grave and usually taken to the Medical Examiner's office for tests of tissue,etc.

Answer 7

if it's exhumed, it's been removed from the ground after it's been buried. Police and grave robbers sometimes do this.

Answer 8

It means a body is removed from the ground, usually ordered by the court to collect further evidence like DNA in murder cases, unsolved cases or reopened cases.

Answer 9

Un-buried

Answer 10

They dig the body up. They go into the grave, and get the body so they can find out more about???? whatever it is they want to find out more about.