Translation:Shulchan Aruch/Yoreh Deah/357

by Yosef Karo

Seif 1: It is forbidden to leave a dead body overnight unless one leaves the body out overnight for the honor of the deceased, [e.g.] to bring him his coffin and burial garments or women to wail for him, or so that his relatives can get there or to send out notification to the cities.