[kuh-das-ter] 
| an official register of the ownership, extent, and value of real property in a given area, used as a basis of taxation. |
| ca·das·tre also ca·das·ter (kə-dās'tər) n. A public record, survey, or map of the value, extent, and ownership of land as a basis of taxation. [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.] ca·das'tral adj. |
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