curtilage
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noun
- The area immediately surrounding a house, especially dooryard areas and sometimes including closely associated buildings and structures.
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Etymology
Inherited from Middle English curtylage and Anglo-Norman, from Old French cortillage, curtillage, from cortil (“court, courtyard”), from Latin cortis (“court”); see court. Compare courtledge.
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