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What (who) is curtilage$18231$ - definition
Curtilage
ENCLOSED AREA SURROUNDING A HOUSE
Curtile
·noun A yard, courtyard, or piece of ground, included within the fence surrounding a dwelling house.
Curtilage
ENCLOSED AREA SURROUNDING A HOUSE
Curtile
In common law, the curtilage of a house or dwelling is the land immediately surrounding it, including any closely associated buildings and structures, but excluding any associated "open fields beyond". In feudal times every castle with its dependent buildings was protected by a surrounding wall, and all the land within the wall was termed the curtilage.
curtilage
ENCLOSED AREA SURROUNDING A HOUSE
Curtile
['k?:t(?)l?d?]
¦ noun an area of land attached to a house and forming one enclosure with it.
Origin
ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr., var. of OFr. courtillage, from courtil 'small court', from cort 'court'.
