Cadastre

3 definitions found

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

  Cadastre \Ca*das"tre\, Cadaster \Ca*das"ter\, n. [F. cadastre.]
     (Law.)
     An official statement of the quantity and value of real
     estate for the purpose of apportioning the taxes payable on
     such property; a public register showing the details of
     ownership and value of land.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cadastre
       n : a public register showing the details of ownership and value
           of land; made for the purpose of taxation [syn: {cadaster}]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  CADASTRE. A term derived from the French, which has been adopted in 
  Louisiana, and which signifies the official statement of the quantity and 
  value of real property in any district, made for the purpose of justly 
  apportioning the taxes payable on such property. 3 Am. St. Pap. 679; 12 Pet. 
  428, n.