cadastre

American  

[kuh-das-ter] / kəˈdæs tər /

Or cadaster

noun

1. an official register of the ownership, extent, and value of real property in a given area, used as a basis of taxation.

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Etymology

Origin of cadastre

1795–1805; < French < Provençal cadastro < Italian catastro, earlier ( Venetian ) catastico < Late Greek katástichon register, derivative of phrase katà stíchon by line; cata-, stich ¹

Example Sentences

It sets steps to open up the energy market, as well as the closed profession of pharmacists, it brings in a recalculation of child benefits and sets up the Greek cadastre.

From The Wall Street Journal

Such a property map is called a "cadastre", and Napoleon proudly proclaimed that "a good cadastre of the parcels will be the complement of my civil code".

From BBC

Each of those program has made a priority of completing a land register, known as a cadastre.

From Reuters

The only parts of Greece that have had a land registry and cadastre are the Dodecanese Islands, because they were occupied by the Italians from 1912 to the end of World War II.

From New York Times

“Nowhere, in no parish registry or cadastre is there a record of my name or date of birth,” he wrote.

From New York Times