The department may maintain an action in the name of the State of Nebraska for an injunction against any person for establishing, operating, or maintaining a crematory without first obtaining a license as a crematory authority under the Cremation of Human Remains Act. In charging any defendant in a complaint in such action, it shall be sufficient to charge that such defendant did, upon a certain day and in a certain county, establish, operate, or maintain a crematory without obtaining a license as a crematory authority under the act, without alleging any further or more particular facts concerning the same.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 71-1372

  • Action: shall include any proceeding in any court of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
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