Noun. 1. tie-in-a fastener that serves to join or connect; the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction. linkup, link, tie. nosepiece, bridge-the link between two lenses; rests on the nose.
Curtilage. The area, usually enclosed, encompassing the grounds and buildings immediately surrounding a home that is used in the daily activities of domestic life. A garage, barn, smokehouse, chicken house, and garden are curtilage if their locations are reasonably near to the home.
That principle has ancient and durable roots. Just as the distinction between the home and the open fields is as old as the common law, ... so too is the identity of home and what Blackstone called the curtilage or homestall, for the house protects and privileges all its branches and appurtenants. ...