monuments
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 72 U.S. 827 - Higueras v. United States · 1866Most cited · 39 citing opinions
Ordinarily surveys are so loosely made, and so liable to be inaccurate, especially when made in rough or uneven land or forests, that the courses and distances given in the instrument are regarded as more or less uncertain, and always give place, in questions of doubt or discrepancy, to known monuments and boundaries referred to as identifying the land. Such monuments may be either natural or artificial objects, such as rivers, streams, springs, stakes, marked trees, fences, or buildings.
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