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
- cadastrally adverb
Etymology
Origin of cadastral
From French, dating back to 1855–60; see origin at cadastre, -al 1
Example Sentences
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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
They represented in 1870 only 24 per cent. of the total number of properties, but 59 per cent. of the cadastral area of Norway.
From The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 by Various
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)
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)
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