Area
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
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.