Dictionary entry

Cadastral

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ca‐das″tral (?), a. Of or pertaining to landed property.

Cadastral survey, orCadastral map, a survey, map, or plan on a large scale (Usually ⅟₂₅₀₀ 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.