cadastral
Americanadjective
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Surveying. (of a map or survey) showing or including boundaries, property lines, etc.
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of or relating to a cadastre.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of cadastral
From French, dating back to 1855–60; see origin at cadastre, -al 1
Example Sentences
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Clutching under his arm a blue folder stuffed with documents, maps, and cadastral surveys, Balliu said he has been threatened several times for trying to assert his rights.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
But the cadastral projects run by the World Bank frequently failed.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 26, 2020
A good cadastral system makes the buying and selling of land, as well as the collection of taxes, easy.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 26, 2020
The cadastral survey for purposes of taxation went back to an early period of Babylonian history.
From Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
He had already made a cadastral survey of the canton of Geneva, and published a map of the canton on the scale of 1⁄25000.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
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