Curtis

The area about a building; a garden; a hut or farmer's house; a farmers house with the land enrolled with it. A village or a walled town containing a small number of houses. The residence of a nobleman; a hall or palace. A court; a tribunal of justice. 1 Washb. Real Prop. 120; Spelman; 3 Bl. Comm. 320. The similarity of the derivative meaning of this word and of aula is quite noticeable, both coming to denote the court itself, from I I denoting the place where the court was held.

The area about a building; a garden; a hut or tanner's house; a farmer's house with the land enrolled with it. A village or a walled town contain small number of hon The residence of a nobleman; a hall or palace. A court; a tribunal of justice. 1 Washb. R. P. 120; Spelman, Gloss.; 3 Bla. Com. 320.

;. A court, a yard; a dwelling; a household; a court or tribunal; a residence.

Curta, Curtus. L.Lat. [from Gr. xi/^rfg, xv Qxdi, Lat. cors, cohors, a c^e, enclosure, or enclosed space.] In old European law. A space or area about a house. Spelman. Leo Mar sic, Cassin. lib. 1, c. 36. cited ibid. A garden. Id. See Curtilage. An enclosure or pound for securing animals. LL. Burgund. tit. 23, § I. A house or dwelling; a country house, {casa, vel habitaculum rusticum;) a court. Spelman. Si mulier foras curte sma exierit; if a woman shall go out of her house. LL. Burgund. Add. 1, tit. 6, § 2. Si quis ad battalia curte svm exierit; if any one go out of his court to battle. 3 Bl. Com. 320, note (m). Canem custodem domiis sive curtis. L, Salic, tit. 6, § 3. A dwell'mg-house, with land adjoining, or belonging to it; a manse or manor. Spelman, Lindewode Prov. Angl, lib. 3, tit. De decim., c. Sancta, § Omnibus. The palace, household or court of a sovereign. Spelman. Jornandes de Reb. Geticis, 0. 34, cited ibid. The seat or residence of a nobleman. Spelman. A village or town, as distinguished by the residence of a noble. Spelman, A judicial tribunal; a court of jostioe; anciently called placitum. See Court, Curtis regia; the royal court. LL. Longob. Hb. 1, tit. 2, 1. 9. Judicial tribunals were called courts, because originally held in the courts, {in curtibus, id est, csdibus,) that is, the palaces and residences of kings and nobles. Spelman. The vassals who sat as judges in these courts of their lord were called peers of the court, {pares curtis, q. v.) Id. Curia, however, was the Latin word generally used to denote a court. See Curia.