Curtillum
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. [from curtia, q. v.] Ip old English law. An area or space lying within the enclosure of a dwelling-house, {infra curtis, seu kabitaculi se* pimentum.) Spelman.
LL.
Inee, c. 40, cited ibid, Spelman prefers the derivation from the Fr. courtil, a space behind a house, as a green-house or garden, {area sub aversa tedium parte; viridarium, hortus;) answering to the Sax. weorth.