Cadastral

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cadastral \Ca*das"tral\, a. [F.]
     Of or pertaining to landed property.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Cadastral survey}, or {Cadastral map}, a survey, map, or
        plan on a large scale (Usually 1/2500 of the linear


        measure of the ground, or twenty-five inches to the mile
        or about an inch to the acre) so as to represent the
        relative positions and dimensions of objects and estates
        exactly; -- distinguished from a topographical map, which
        exaggerates the dimensions of houses and the breadth of
        roads and streams, for the sake of distinctness. --Brande
        & C.
        [1913 Webster] Cadastre

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cadastral
       adj : of or relating to the records of a cadastre