Levee Levee A levee (), dike, dyke, embankment, floodbank or stopbank is an elongated naturally occurring ridge or artificially constructed fill or wall, which regulates water levels. It is usually earthen and often parallel to the course of a river in its floodplain or along low-lying coastlines. Speakers of American English (notably in the Midwest and Deep South), use the word "levee", from the French word "levée" (from the feminine past participle of the French verb "lever", "to raise"). It originated in New Orleans a few years after the city's founding in 1718 and was later adopted by English speakers. The
Preventing the lawful burial of a body dissection. It is a separate common law offence to dispose of a dead body with intent to obstruct or prevent a coroner's inquest. Burning a body instead of burying it was not illegal. It is now an offence to burn a body otherwise than in an approved crematorium. Disposing of the dead body of a child with intent to conceal the birth of that child (regardless as to when he or she died) is an offence under section 60 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861. Hans Kristian Rausing, heir to Hans Rausing who owns the multinational food packaging