curtilage

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curtilage - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Curtilage \Cur"ti*lage\ (k?r"t?-l?j), n. [OF. cortillage,
     curtillage, fr. cortil court, courtyard, LL. cortis court.
     See Court.] (Law)
     A yard, courtyard, or piece of ground, included within the
     fence surrounding a dwelling house. --Burrill.
     [1913 Webster]

curtilage - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  curtilage
      n 1: the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was
           a small house with almost no yard" [syn: yard, grounds,
           curtilage]

curtilage - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  CURTILAGE, estates. The open space situated within a common
  enclosure belonging to a dwelling-house. Vide 2 Roll, Ab. 1, l. 30;
  Com. dig. Grant, E 7, E 9; Russ. & Ry. 360; Id. 334, 357; Ry &
  Mood. 13; 2 Leach, 913; 2 Bos. & Pull. 508; 2 East, P. C. 494;
  Russ. & Ry. 170, 289, 322; 22 Eng. Com. Law R. 330; 1 Ch. Pr. 175;
  Shep. Touchs. 94.