3 definitions
for curtilage
From The 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]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
curtilage
n : the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was
a small house with almost no yard" [syn: yard, grounds]
From 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.
