MORTUARY

mortuary. 1. A place where cadavers are prepared for burial; a place where dead bodies are held before burial. [Cases: Dead Bodies 2. C.J.S. Dead Bodies § 4.] 2. A burial place. 3.Hist. A customary gift left by a deceased to a parish church for past tithes owed. — Also termed (in sense 3) soul scot.

[Blacks Law 8th]