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Curtilage
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Factory
of those descriptions of factories.' The expression 'textile factory' means any premises wherein or within the close or curtilage of which steam, water or other mechanical power is used to move or work any machinery employed in
dwelling
in order for it to be considered a dwelling, but most courts agree that a dwelling includes its curtilage.
house
a single or multiple family house, apartment, or hotel room) serving as living quarters and usually including the curtilage b : a building (as one's residence or a locked place of business) in which one is entitled
mansion house
mansion house : a dwelling house of any size and any buildings (as barns or stables) within the curtilage
messuage
mansio habitation, dwelling, from manēre to remain, sojourn, dwell] : a dwelling house with the adjacent buildings and curtilage and other adjoining lands used in connection with the household
open fields doctrine
doctrine in criminal procedure: law enforcement officers may make a warrantless search of the area outside of the curtilage of a person's home without violating the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution called also open fields rule
Messuage
A dwelling house with the adjacent buildings and curtilage and the adjoining lands appropriated to the use of the household
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