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Curtilage

Curtilage [fr. Cour, Fr., court; and leagh, Sax., place], a courtyard,

curtilage

curtilage [Anglo-French curtillage enclosed land belonging to a house, kitchen garden,

Factory

factory' means any premises wherein or within the close or curtilage of which steam, water or other mechanical power is used

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dwelling

dwelling, but most courts agree that a dwelling includes its curtilage.

house

hotel room) serving as living quarters and usually including the curtilage b : a building (as one's residence or a locked

mansion house

size and any buildings (as barns or stables) within the curtilage

messuage

dwell] : a dwelling house with the adjacent buildings and curtilage and other adjoining lands used in connection with the household

open fields doctrine

make a warrantless search of the area outside of the curtilage of a person's home without violating the Fourth Amendment to

Curtilage

A yard courtyard or piece of ground included within the fence surrounding a dwelling house

Messuage

A dwelling house with the adjacent buildings and curtilage and the adjoining lands appropriated to the use of the

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