Anyone Know The Definition Of 'Court' with regards to Land i.e. Apple Court?

[maggiemcgill]

Hi, anybody know the definition of the word court when used in terms of land i.e. ‘anyplace court’? The best that I can find is ' an area surrounded by raised buildings'. Which sounds correct, but what I would like to know is that when a court is used within a communal area ‘within property boundaries’ what are the owner’s legally bound to?
Sorry guys, vague I know but I am having no luck searching the web!!!

[dzug]

I'm not sure there is a strict definition of it. Certainly it can be a synonym for Close or Street or Road - just a name that happened to catch the developer's or local authority's fancy. Usually a cul de sac though - and can also be the building or buildings themselves

I don't think defining the word will get you anywhere.

[fredpuli47]

In any legal document or document relied on in legal proceedings a word is defined by the context and 'by reference to surrounding words'. It sounds as though the draftsman of this document has defined this particular 'court' in this document for you. It's the enclosed area ['court: an enclosed area; a clear space enclosed by walls or buildings; a confined yard opening off a street; a yard surrounded by houses and communicating with the street by an entry' OED] which is bounded by the adjacent properties. Their boundaries will be defined elsewhere in the document, which will normally have a helpful plan annexed and incorporated in it for reference.

'Court' is not some technical legal term ' a term of art' bearing one meaning in law.