cadastral

American  

[kuh-das-truhl] / kəˈdæs trəl /

adjective

1. Surveying. (of a map or survey) showing or including boundaries, property lines, etc.

2. of or relating to a cadastre.

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Other Word Forms

• cadastrally adverb

Etymology

Origin of cadastral

From French, dating back to 1855–60; see origin at cadastre, -al ¹

Example Sentences

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

In many cases these maps were roughly constructed under non-professional supervision, but in many districts they have been prepared by the cadastral branch of the Survey Department.

From Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official by Sleeman, William

A cadastral survey was an institution which had long been in existence; it had been borrowed from Babylonia, where, as we have seen, it was already known at a very early epoch.

From Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

This is rather geographical than cadastral, and, perhaps, mythical, since it refers to the king Shamash-napishtim-uṣur, who may be the Shamash-napishtim of the flood story.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)