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{ ‖ } 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 ]

n. same as cadastre.
Syn. -- cadastre. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ F. ] Of or pertaining to landed property. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr cadere to fall. ] A dead human body; a corpse. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a corpse, or the changes produced by death; cadaverous; as, cadaveric rigidity. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cadaveric alkaloid, an alkaloid generated by the processes of decomposition in dead animal bodies, and thought by some to be the cause of the poisonous effects produced by the bodies. See Ptomaine. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. Also }. [ From Cadaver and amine. ] (Chem.) A sirupy, nontoxic ptomaine, H2N.(CH2)5.NH2 (chemically pentamethylene diamine), formed in putrefaction of flesh, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

a. [ L. cadaverosus. ] 1. Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; ghastly; as, a cadaverous look. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to, or having the qualities of, a dead body. “The scent cadaverous.”

-- Ca*dav"er*ous*ly, adv. -- Ca*dav"er*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prov. E. codbait, cadbote fly. ] (Zoöl.) See Caddice.