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curtilage

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curtilage

The enclosed space of ground and buildings immediately surrounding a dwelling, or a conceptual amount of space reasonably attached to the use of a dwelling. This is an important concept in law enforcement in determining whether (a) an area is within the curtilage and thus searchable under a search warrant for the dwelling, (b) an officer's presence in an area for surveillance purposes is within the curtilage and thus an unlawful entry,and (c) despite the determination of (a) and (b),there is no expectation of privacy in garbage left within the curtilage for pickup,so it may be searched without a warrant.
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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As a general rule, (4) observations of a person's comings and goings by law enforcement that are neither inside a dwelling nor within a curtilage do not constitute either a Fourth Amendment search or seizure.
Pole cameras and surreptitious surveillance by Clark, M. Wesley / The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
SLAITHWAITE: Lloyds Banking Group plc, installation of three ground mounted, external air conditioning condensers (conservation area), 22 Carr Street; J Haigh, porch and change of use of land to extend domestic curtilage and building of detached stone outbuilding, 5 Shroggs Barn, Top O The Hill, Lingards Road.
Huddersfield District Planning Applications by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
The licensing committee retained the condition that "there shall be no drinking outside the curtilage of the building at any time".
Congregation set to battle pub's open-air ambitions; Dining plans ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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