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curtilage<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
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1. The land or yard adjoining a house, usually within an enclosure.\u00a0 *\u00a0 Under the Fourth Amendment,, the curtilage is an area usually protected from warrantless ]searches.\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 aka (in Latin) curtillium<\/strong><\/em><\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0[1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The open space situated within a common enclosure belonging to a dwelling house. Anno: 38 ALR2d 848; 13 Am J2d Burgl\u00a0\u00a7 5<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Such space as is necessary and convenient, and is habitually used, for family purposes, and the carrying on of domestic employments, including a yard, a garden, or even a nearby field used in connection with the dwelling. 5 Am J2d Arson\u00a0\u00a7 1<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

For the purpose of determining the existence of a right of self defense, the “curtilage” fo the home will ordinarily be construed to include at least the yard around the dwelling house, as well as the area occupied by the barn s, cribs, and other outbuildings. State v Frizzelle<\/em>, 243 NC 49, 89 SE2d 725, 52 ALR2d 1455<\/span>.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The open space around a house located within a common enclosure; a yard bordered by a fence or hedge.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong>\u00a0n.\u00a0<\/em>[Anglo-French\u00a0curtillage\u00a0<\/em><\/span>enclosed land belonging to a house, kitchen garden<\/strong>, from Old French\u00a0cortillage\u00a0<\/em><\/span>kitchen garden,<\/strong> from\u00a0cortil\u00a0<\/em><\/span>garden<\/strong>, ultimately from Latin\u00a0cohort<\/span>-, cohors\u00a0<\/span><\/em>farmyard<\/strong>] : the area surrounding and associated with a home.\u00a0 *\u00a0 The curtilage of a house is included in the Fourth Amendment prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures.<\/strong> [4]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. At common law the land around the dwelling house; “a piece of ground within the common enclosure belonging to a dwelling-house, and enjoyed with it, for its more convenient occupation.” 29 N.J.L. 468, 474<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Land found to constitute curtilage is protected under the <\/b>constitutional<\/b><\/span><\/span>\u00a0prohibition against searches and seizures. <\/b>313 A. 2d 730, 732<\/span>.<\/strong> [5]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Related Terms:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

messuage<\/span> <\/a>– a dwelling house together with the curtilage<\/a><\/span>, including any outbuildings; all protected by the 4th Amendment’s guarantee against unreasonable search and seizure<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Related Doctrines:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

open fields doctrine<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\n(1963)<\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong>\u00a0Criminal procedure.\u00a0<\/em>The rule permitting a warrantless search of the area outside a property owner’s curtilage; the principle that no one has a reasonable expectation of privacy in anything in plain sight.\u00a0 *\u00a0 Unless there is some other legal basis for the search, it must exclude the home and any adjoining land (such as a yard) that is within an enclosure or otherwise protected from public scrutiny.\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 aka open-field doctrine<\/span><\/strong><\/em>; open-fields rule<\/strong><\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 Cf. PLAIN-VIEW DOCTRINE. [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

Also See:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Search and Seizure<\/span>
\nreasonable or unreasonable?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

References:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Deluxe<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Tenth<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Dictionary\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>with<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Pronunciations<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Third Edition<\/a>\u00a0by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Legal<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Assistant<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[4]:\u00a0Merriam-Webster\u2019s Dictionary of Law\u00a0<\/a>Revised\u00a0<\/em>(2011) ISBN 978-0-87779-719-7.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[5]:\u00a0Barron\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Third<\/em>\u00a0<\/a>Edition\u00a0<\/em>by Steven H. Gifis (1975, 1991). ISBN0-8120-4633-1.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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