Yard
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
A measure of length, containing three feet, or thirty-six inches. A piece of land inclosed for the use and accommodation of the inhabitants of a house. In England it is nearly synonymous with backside.
1 Chitty, Pr. 176; 1 Term 701.