cadastre

ca·das·tre

or ca·das′ter

public record of the extent, value, and ownership of land within a district for purposes of taxation

Origin of cadastre

French from Italian catastro from dialect, dialectal (Venetian) catastico from Late Greek katastichon, register, list (lit., line by line): see cata- and stich

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cadastre

also ca·das·ter

noun

A public register showing details of ownership of the real property in a district, including boundaries and tax assessments.

Origin of cadastre

French from Provençal cadastro from Italian catastro alteration of Old Italian catastico from Late Greek katastikhon register Greek kata- by ; see cata- . Greek stikhos line ; see steigh- in Indo-European roots.

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ca·das′tral
adjective

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Noun

(plural cadastres)

(cartography) a public survey of land for the purpose of taxation
a register of such surveys, showing details of ownership and value

Anagrams

cadaster

Origin

From the French cadastre.

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It is collected in accordance with a register of property (cadastre) drawn up for the most part in the first half of the 19th century, dealing with every piece of property in France, and giving its extent and value and the name of the owner.
The repairing of highways, the upkeep of public buildings,the support of public education, the remuneration of numerous officials connected with the collection of state taxes, the keeping of the cadastre, &c., constitute the principal objects of communal expenditure.
His first plan was to continue the work, already initiated by his predecessor Tourny, of making a fresh survey of the land (cadastre), in order to arrive at a juster assessment of the taille; he also obtained a large reduction in the contribution of the province.
Then, from July to October, he was in Paris superintending the publication of his first work: Cadastre perpetuel, dedie a l'assemblee nationale, l'an 1789 et le premier de la liberte francaise, which was written in 1787 and issued in 1790.
The laborious enterprise of drawing up the famous Tables du Cadastre was entrusted to his direction in 1792, and in 1794 he was appointed professor of the mathematical sciences at the Ecole Polytechnique, becoming director at the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussees four years later.

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