Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
  • Ballentine's Law Dictionary

    A money chest.

  • Ballentine's Law Dictionary

    An open space within a house or an adjoining inclosure.

  • Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

    An inclosed yard or opening in a house; an open place adjoining a house. 1 Chit. Pr. 176. In the civil law. A vacant space in a city; a place not built upon. Dig. 50, 16, 211. The site of a house; a site for building; the space where a house has stood. The ground on which a house is built, and which remains after the house is removed. Brissonius; Calvin.