Definitions for "Cadastral survey"
A survey that identifies the legal boundaries between public and private lands.
a survey relating to land boundaries and subdivisions, made to create units suitable for transfer or to define the limitations of title
Survey relating to land boundaries, made to create units suitable for title transfer or to define the limitations of title. Derived from "cadastre" meaning a register of land quantities, values, and ownership used levying taxes, the term may properly be applied to surveys of a similar nature outside the public lands, such surveys are more commonly called "land surveys" or "property surveys."