2006 New York Code - Definitions.

 
  § 1502. Definitions.  As used in this article:
    (a)    The  term  "cemetery  corporation" means any corporation formed
  under a general or special law for the disposal or  burial  of  deceased
  human  beings, by cremation or in a grave, mausoleum, vault, columbarium
  or other receptacle but does not include a family  cemetery  corporation
  or a private cemetery corporation.
    (b)   The term "lot owner" or "owner of a lot" means any person having
  a lawful title to the use of a niche, crypt, lot, plot or part  thereof,
  in a cemetery, mausoleum or columbarium.
    (c)    The  term  "cemetery  board"  means  the  cemetery board in the
  division of cemeteries in the department of state.
    (d)  A public mausoleum, crematory or columbarium  shall  be  included
  within the term "cemetery".
    (e)    The  sale of a lot, plot or part thereof, grave, niche or crypt
  shall mean the sale of the right of use thereof for burial purposes.
    (f) The term "monuments" means a memorial erected in a cemetery  on  a
  lot, plot or part thereof, except private mausoleums.
    (g)  The  term  "interment"  means  the permanent disposition of human
  remains by inurnment, entombment or ground burial.