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cadastral


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Cadastral  \Ca*das"tral\,  a.  [F.] 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  landed  property. 
 
  {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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  cadastral 
  adj  :  of  or  relating  to  the  records  of  a  cadastre 




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