Preferences expressed in a Will or separate document about how a person wishes their funeral to be carried out. These may include choices about burial or cremation, music, and other arrangements. While not legally binding, they are usually followed by family and executors.
Legal Status:
- Not legally binding in England and Wales.
- Governed by common law precedence where executors have final say over funeral arrangements (see Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland v Bonner [2002]).
Funeral Sources
- Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funeral
- Wikidata – https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q201676
- Knowledge Graph – https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/02_g0
- DBpedia – http://dbpedia.org/resource/Funeral
- Product Ontology – http://www.productontology.org/id/Funeral