Nolo's Plain-English Law Dictionary
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- Monument
- 1) A permanent landmark established to make it possible for surveyors to to ascertain boundaries and create legal descriptions of real estate parcels. A monument can be a natural or an artificial object -- for example, a metal marker, a river, or a tree..2) A legal document.


