Legal Dictionary
Main Entry:
cur·ti·lagePronunciation:
'k&rt-&l-ijFunction:
nounEtymology: Anglo-French
curtillage enclosed land belonging to a house, kitchen garden, from Old French
cortillage kitchen garden, from
cortil garden, ultimately from Latin
cohort-
cohors farmyard
: the area surrounding and associated with a home
NOTE: The curtilage of a house is included in the Fourth Amendment prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures.