1. the areas of land immediately surrounding a house or dwelling, typically enclosed and forming one enclosure with it
Usage: legal term; plural of curtilage

Examples

• The property tax assessment included both the house and its curtilages.
• Police need a warrant to search the curtilages of private homes.
• The historic estate’s curtilages were carefully maintained by the groundskeepers.
• Zoning laws regulate what structures can be built within residential curtilages.
• The insurance policy covered damage to buildings within the curtilages.
• Property boundaries clearly defined the curtilages of each homeowner.