witness post
n.— «Where it is impossible to put up and keep a post or monument at the proper place, a witness post or monument may be used.» —by George Purcell Costigan Jr. Handbook on American Mining Law (St. Paul, Minnesota) , 1908. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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