curtilage

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

grounds yard courtyard quadrangle courtyard attached to a dwelling courtyard surrounding a dwelling courtyard attached to a house land attached to a dwelling land attached to a house land surrounding a dwelling courtyard surrounding a house yard attached to a dwelling yard attached to a house yard surrounding a house land surrounding a house

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Hypernyms

field

Hyponyms

dooryard garden playground backyard front yard side yard

Anagrams

graticule cutigeral

Examples

it was a small house with almost no yard Source: Internet

However, courts have held aerial surveillance of curtilage not to be included in the protections from unwarranted search so long as the airspace above the curtilage is generally accessible by the public. Source: Internet

The curtilage is "intimately linked to the home, both physically and psychologically," and is where "privacy expectations are most heightened." Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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