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DOOR. The place of usual entrance in a house, or into a room in the house.
2. To authorize the breach of an outer door in order to serve process, the process must be of a criminal nature; and even then a demand of admittance must first have been refused. 5 Co. 93; 4 Leon. 41; T. Jones, 234; 1 N. H. Rep. 346; 10 John. 263; 1 Root, 83 , 134; 21 Pick. R. 156. The outer door may also be broken open for the purpose of executing a writ of habere facias. 5 Co. 93; Bac. Ab. Sheriff, N. 3.
3. An outer door cannot in general be broken for the purpose of serving civil process; 13 Mass. 520; but after the defendant has been arrested, and he takes refuge in his own house, the officer may justify breaking an outer door to take him. Foster, 320; 1 Roll. R. 138; Cro. Jac. 555.; 10 Wend. 300; 6 Hill, N. Y. Rep. 597. When once an officer is in the house, he may break open an inner door to make an arrest. Kirby, 386 5 John. 352; 17 John. 127, See 1 Toull. n. 214, p. 88.

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Maureen served out-of-doors breakfasts and we could stare up the valley on a beautiful June morning as we tucked into eggs and bacon.

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Inmates who bad been held out-of-doors while prison officials searched buildings after quelling disturbances brought two class actions against prison officials under [sections] 1983, asserting that the conditions under which they were held violated the Eighth Amendment.

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He tells about them breaking the rules by painting out-of-doors instead of in their studios, helping to organize a special exhibition of paintings by young artists, and about the terrible things the critics said about his paintings.