cur·ti·lage /'kərt-əl-ij/ n [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
◇ The curtilage of a house is included in the Fourth Amendment prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures.
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.