Definition of Curtilages

1. Noun. (plural of curtilage) ¹

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Definition of Curtilages

1. curtilage [n] - See also: curtilage

Lexicographical Neighbors of Curtilages

curtalaxe
curtalaxes
curtals
curtana
curtanas
curtate
curtation
curtations
curtaxe
curtaxes
curter
curtesies
curtest
curtesy
curtilage
curtilages (current term)
curtin
curtly
curtness
curtnesses
curtsey
curtseyed
curtseying
curtseys
curtsied
curtsies
curtsy
curtsying
curule
curundum

Literary usage of Curtilages

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Register of Ralph of Shrewsbury, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1329-1363 by Thomas Scott Holmes (1896)
"... ordain to consist in the portions accustomed and from ancient time ordained, and also beyond those portions, in all tithes of yards or curtilages, &c. ..."

2. The Nature and Law of Real Property ...: Realty (1840)
"... gardens, and orchards, yards and courts, areas, curtilages, preserves, warrens, decoys, rivers and sewers, ports and harbours, fisheries and railroads, ..."

3. The Book of the Abbot of Combermere, 1289 to 1529 by Combermere Abbey, James Hall (1896)
"... holds three cottages with the curtilages adjacent and pays yearly ... chaplain, holds a messuage with curtilages adjacent and pays yearly ..."

4. Archaeologia Cambrensis by Cambrian Archaeological Association (1855)
"... et Eur les curtilages un dener en noun de Reliefe. Et les heirs et ;s assignez, et les heirs des ..."

5. The Law Journal Reports: New Series (1882)
"... ÂJ>J>. wardens and overseers of the poor of this palish assess the owner or owners of all houses, apartment« or dwellings and curtilages thereof to the ..."

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