Monument - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: monumentAncient monument
Ancient monument, means any structure, erection or monument, or nay tumulus or place of interment, or any cave, rock sculpture, inscription or monolith, which is of historical, archaeological or artistic interest and which has been in existence for not less than one hundred years, and includes-(i) the remains of an ancient monument,(ii) the site of an ancient monument,(iii) such portion of land adjoining the site of an ancient monument as may be required for fencing or covering in or otherwise preserving such monument, and(iv) the means of access to, and convenient inspection of an ancient monument. [Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 (24 of 1958), s. 2(a)]...
Ancient Monuments
Ancient Monuments. See (English) Ancient Monu-ments Consolidation and Amendment Act, 1913 (3 & 4 Geo. 5, c. 32), and (English) Advertisements Regulation Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 52); (English) Ancient Monuments (Ireland) Act, 1892; and post, MONUMENTS....
Monumental
Of pertaining to or suitable for a monument as a monumental inscription...
Monuments
Monuments. See ANCIENT MONUMENTS....
Maintain
Maintain, with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, includes the fencing, covering in, repairing, restoring and cleansing of a protected monument, and the doing of any act which may be necessary for the purpose of preserving a protected monument or of securing convenient access thereto, [Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 (24 of 1958), s. 2(f)]...
Cairn
A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles apparently as a sepulchral monument...
Cenotaph
An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who is buried elsewhere...
Coptic Church
The native church of Egypt or church of Alexandria which in general organization and doctrines resembles the Roman Catholic Church except that it holds to the Monophysitic doctrine which was condemned a d 451 by the council of Chalcedon and allows its priests to marry The ldquopope and patriarchrdquo has jurisdiction over the Abyssinian Church Since the 7th century the Coptic Church has been so isolated from modifying influences that in many respects it is the most ancient monument of primitive Christian rites and ceremonies But centuries of subjection to Moslem rule have weakened and degraded it...
Cromlech
A monument of rough stones composed of one or more large ones supported in a horizontal position upon others They are found chiefly in countries inhabited by the ancient Celts and are of a period anterior to the introduction of Christianity into these countries...
Deface
To destroy or mar the face or external appearance of to disfigure to injure spoil or mar by effacing or obliterating important features or portions of as to deface a monument to deface an edifice to deface writing to deface a note deed or bond to deface a record...
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