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; see cata-, stich ¹

Example Sentences

Baskaran added that the Congolese mining cadastre, a digital public system used by governments to manage mineral rights, concessions and licenses, is actually quite good.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

"Our club is unique in Greece, in Europe and probably in the whole planet because Greece is the only country in Europe that doesn't have a cadastre," he told Reuters in an interview.

From Reuters • Oct. 18, 2015

Greek newspapers call the never-ending epic of the cadastre, started in 1995 with EU funds that had to be returned to Brussels in 2003 because of misuse, "our national shame".

From Reuters • Oct. 18, 2015

The Greek Orthodox Church has no central land registry, forcing the state cadastre agency to deal with individual monasteries or diocese to try to establish land ownership and delineate boundaries.

From Reuters • Oct. 18, 2015

Subsequent events suspended any effectual operations in the French cadastre till the year 1802, when a school of topographical engineering was organised.

From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)