massachusetts
Legal definition of “enclosed”
<p>What exactly does “enclosed” land means under the Massachusetts trespassing law?   Does it mean land with defined boundarys such as old New England rock walls.</p>

<p>It appears to mean only that there is something surrounding the land to prevent someone from just walking in.</p>

<p>The enclosure requirement can be satisfied in "a great variety of cases and circumstances," <em><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=5Yo3AQAAMAAJ&amp;pg=PA426&amp;lpg=PA426&amp;dq=a%20great%20variety%20of%20cases%20and%20circumstances,%20Lyman&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=X3RL1xxwMv&amp;sig=FE0OHtrRnD3tYChF1C_NldRUv8I&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjY0qTS6P7dAhWCFZAKHe7lAvkQ6AEwBHoECC8QAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=a%20great%20variety%20of%20cases%20and%20circumstances%2C%20Lyman&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Lyman v. Gipson</a></em>, 35 Mass. 422, 426 (1836), and courts seem to have accepted various structures to satisfy the enclosure requirement, finding that land was enclosed by:</p>

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<li>"a river, fence or road," <em>Allen v. Holton</em>, 37 Mass. 458, 458 (1838);</li>
<li>"a locked gate and cement bleachers," <em><a href="http://masscases.com/cases/app/6/6massappct106.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Com. v. Juvenile</a></em>, 6 Mass. App. Ct. 106, 107, 373 N.E.2d 1202, 1203 (1978);</li>
<li>"stadium walls," <em><a href="http://masscases.com/cases/app/6/6massappct106.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Com. v. Juvenile</a></em>, 6 Mass. App. Ct. 106, 108, 373 N.E.2d 1202, 1204 (1978);</li>
<li>"trees, a fence, shrubbery," <em><a href="https://law.justia.com/cases/massachusetts/supreme-court/1984/392-mass-45-2.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Com. v. Simmons</a></em>, 392 Mass. 45, 49, 466 N.E.2d 85, 88 (1984); and </li>
<li>"by stone walls and gates," <em><a href="http://masscases.com/cases/land/19/19lcr353.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Burlingame v. Gay</a></em>, No. 00 MISC. 267626 KCL, 2011 WL 2762065, at *2 (Mass. Land Ct. July 18, 2011).</li>
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