MONUMENT

monument,n. 1. A written document or record, esp. a legal one. 2. Any natural or artificial object that is fixed permanently in land and referred to in a legal description of the land. [Cases:

Boundaries 4, 5. C.J.S. Boundaries §§ 3, 5–7.] — monumental,adj.

mural monument.A monument set into or otherwise made part of a wall.

natural monument. A nonartificial permanent thing on land, such as a tree, river, or beach. — Also termed natural object. [Cases: Boundaries 4. C.J.S. Boundaries §§ 5–6.]

[Blacks Law 8th]