memorial

Something, such as a monument or holiday, intended to celebrate or honor the memory of a person or an event.

A written statement of facts or a petition presented to a legislative body or an executive.

Serving as a remembrance of a person or an event; commemorative.

Of, relating to, or being in memory.

Preservative of memory; serving for commemoration: as, a memorial tablet; a memorial window in a church.

Contained in one’s memory; within the memory of man: opposed to immemorial.

That which preserves the memory of something; anything designed or adapted to serve as a reminder of a person, an event, or a fact or facts of any kind belonging to past time, as a record, a monument, an inscription, a custom, a periodical observance, etc.: as, the “Memorial of St. Helena,” a book by Las Cases; the Martyrs’ Memorial at Oxford.

In law: A short note or abstract, intended for registry, exhibiting the particulars of a deed, etc.

In Scots law, a statement of facts bearing upon a particular point, doubtful or disputed, in order to obtain counsel’s opinion upon that point; a statement of facts or points in dispute for the use or advice of counsel; a brief.

A written representation of facts made to a legislative or other body as the ground of a petition, or a representation of facts accompanied with a petition.