3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Curtilage \Cur"ti*lage\ (k?r"t?-l?j), n. [OF. cortillage, curtillage, fr. cortil court, courtyard, LL. cortis court. See {Court}.] (Law) A yard, courtyard, or piece of ground, included within the fence surrounding a dwelling house. --Burrill. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: curtilage n : the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard" [syn: {yard}, {grounds}] From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]: CURTILAGE, estates. The open space situated within a common enclosure belonging to a dwelling-house. Vide 2 Roll, Ab. 1, l. 30; Com. dig. Grant, E 7, E 9; Russ. & Ry. 360; Id. 334, 357; Ry & Mood. 13; 2 Leach, 913; 2 Bos. & Pull. 508; 2 East, P. C. 494; Russ. & Ry. 170, 289, 322; 22 Eng. Com. Law R. 330; 1 Ch. Pr. 175; Shep. Touchs. 94.
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