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American legal rule allowing warrantless searches of private property not near houses
The open-fields doctrine (also open-field doctrine or open-fields rule), in the U.S. law of criminal procedure, is the legal doctrine that a "warrantless
Open-fields_doctrine
Topics referred to by the same term
Open fields doctrine, a U.S. legal doctrine used for evaluating claims of an unreasonable search Open Field, album by Taken By Trees Open Field (animal test)
Open-field
United States Supreme Court case
expanding the narrow timeframe of the moment of threat doctrine. The Court's decision did not answer any open questions about officer-created jeopardy. The Court
Barnes_v._Felix
2018 United States Supreme Court case
officials seek this information. This legal theory is known as the third-party doctrine, established by the Supreme Court in Smith v. Maryland (1979), in which
Carpenter_v._United_States
1967 United States Supreme Court case
analyzed Fourth Amendment searches by comparing them to the long-established doctrine of trespass. In their legal briefs, the parties had focused on the 1928
Katz_v._United_States
1925 U.S. Supreme Court case establishing the motor vehicle exception
reasonably practicable, it must be used. That became known as the Carroll doctrine: a vehicle could be searched without a search warrant if there was probable
Carroll_v._United_States
U.S. Supreme Court case applying Fourth Amendment to "stop & frisk" by police
from which the suspect could grab a weapon.[citation needed] The Terry doctrine was markedly extended in the 2004 case of Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District
Terry_v._Ohio
2014 United States Supreme Court case
during a lawful arrest in accordance with the search incident to arrest doctrine. Before the Riley case, the Supreme Court had explored variations on the
Riley_v._California
1984 United States Supreme Court case
(1984), is a United States Supreme Court decision relating to the open fields doctrine limiting the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Oliver_v._United_States
Legal doctrine for police searches in the United States
doctrine, and the rest of the images could not be used against the defendant in court. Aerial surveillance doctrine Exigent circumstances Open-fields
Plain_view_doctrine
American libertarian non-profit public interest law firm
immediately surrounding the property owner's home. This is known as the open fields doctrine. The Institute for Justice is challenging such searches in Pennsylvania
Institute_for_Justice
1989 United States Supreme Court case
27 (2001) Dow Chemical Co. v. United States, 476 U.S. 227 (1986) Open-fields doctrine Curtilage Florida v. Riley, 488 U.S. 445 (1989). Florida v. Riley
Florida_v._Riley
1988 United States Supreme Court case
List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Rehnquist Court Open-fields doctrine Surreptitious DNA collecting "FindLaw's United States Supreme Court
California_v._Greenwood
1924 United States Supreme Court case
decision by the United States Supreme Court, which established the open-fields doctrine. In an opinion written by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, the Court
Hester_v._United_States
2011 United States Supreme Court case
was decided, lower courts had developed the "police-created exigency" doctrine, which stated that police may not create exigent circumstances to justify
Kentucky_v._King
1987 United States Supreme Court case
S. 294 (1987), is a U.S. Supreme Court decision relating to the open fields doctrine limiting the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Drug Enforcement
United_States_v._Dunn
2016 United States Supreme Court case
Supreme Court of the United States held that the search incident to arrest doctrine permits law enforcement to conduct warrantless breath tests but not blood
Birchfield_v._North_Dakota
2006 United States Supreme Court case
one of the occupants of the house in the nose with his hand. Two officers opened the screen door and "hollered" to identify themselves, but the occupants
Brigham_City_v._Stuart
1986 United States Supreme Court case
488 U.S. 445 (1989) Kyllo v. United States, 533 U.S. 27 (2001) Open-fields doctrine References Falcone, Rosemarie (July 1, 1987). "California v. Ciraolo:
California_v._Ciraolo
1971 United States Supreme Court case
growing docket. Justice Blackmun went a step further, saying the decision "opens the door for another avalanche of new federal cases".[2] Butz v. Economou
Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents
Bivens_v._Six_Unknown_Named_Agents
2000 United States Supreme Court case
felt a heavy, hard object similar to the shape of a gun. The officer then opened the bag and discovered a .38-caliber handgun with five live rounds of ammunition
Illinois_v._Wardlow
1966 United States Supreme Court case
L. Rev. 7, 11 (1966). Charles T. Newton, Jr., The Mere Evidence Rule: Doctrine or Dogma?, 45 Tex. L. Rev. 526, 552 (1967). See, e.g., Kelsey P. Black
Schmerber_v._California
1980 United States Supreme Court case
authorizing the warrantless entry into Payton's residence and the plain view doctrine as authorizing the seizure of the shell casing. In June 1973, Obie Riddick
Payton_v._New_York
United States Supreme Court justice from 1975 to 2010
Oliver v. United States, 466 U.S. 170 (1984), a case relating to the open-fields doctrine. However, in United States v. Montoya De Hernandez, 473 U.S. 531
John_Paul_Stevens
1969 U.S. Supreme Court case
"control" for the purpose of gathering evidence. Based on the "abstract doctrine," it had sustained searches that extended far beyond an arrestee's area
Chimel_v._California
1983 United States Supreme Court case
O'Connor, a former judge on the Arizona Court of Appeals, affirmed the doctrine of independent state ground, but wrote that the Michigan Supreme Court
Michigan_v._Long
1928 United States Supreme Court case
private criminal—would bring terrible retribution. Against that pernicious doctrine this court should resolutely set its face." This passage was quoted by
Olmstead_v._United_States
1791 amendment prohibiting unreasonable searches and seizures
homeowner or resident. Moreover, several state courts have rejected the open fields doctrine under their own state constitutional search-and-seizure provisions
Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Fourth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
1973 United States Supreme Court case
Joe [Alcala], he goes, 'Does the trunk open?' And Joe said, 'Yes.' He went to the car and got the keys and opened up the trunk." Wadded up under the left
Schneckloth_v._Bustamonte
1990 United States Supreme Court case
issue in this case was the plain view doctrine of the Fourth Amendment. Specifically, the plain view doctrine allows a police officer to seize contraband
Maryland_v._Buie
2001 United States Supreme Court case
ruling has been noted for refining the reasonable expectation of privacy doctrine in light of new surveillance technologies, and when those are used in areas
Kyllo_v._United_States
2005 United States Supreme Court case
alerted to the odor of narcotics at the trunk of the car, which the police opened and found marijuana. Caballes was charged with narcotics trafficking, but
Illinois_v._Caballes
1975 US Supreme Court case
Punishment, such practices may implicate the principles of the Robinson doctrine, under which the Supreme Court has held that individuals may be punished
United States v. Brignoni-Ponce
United_States_v._Brignoni-Ponce
1990 United States Supreme Court case
suspected that a driver was intoxicated, the driver would be subject to a field sobriety test. The Supreme Court held that Michigan had a "substantial government
Michigan Department of State Police v. Sitz
Michigan_Department_of_State_Police_v._Sitz
Highest court in the U.S. state of New York
in the state constitution are broad enough that, contrary to the open-fields doctrine affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court in Oliver v. United States, a
New_York_Court_of_Appeals
2013 United States Supreme Court case
be free from unreasonable searches of his person. However, the Court left open the possibility that the "exigent circumstances" exception to that general
Missouri_v._McNeely
2004 United States Supreme Court case
that his name would be used to incriminate him; however, the Court left open the possibility that Fifth Amendment privilege might apply in a situation
Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada
Hiibel_v._Sixth_Judicial_District_Court_of_Nevada
2013 United States Supreme Court case
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
Florida_v._Jardines
1973 United States Supreme Court case
United States Supreme Court case that introduced the community caretaking doctrine. Under the Fourth Amendment, "unreasonable" searches and seizures are forbidden
Cady_v._Dombrowski
2012 United States Supreme Court case
officers "conducted a visual inspection of his body, instructing him to open his mouth, lift his tongue, lift his arms, and then lift his genitals." Florence
Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders
Florence_v._Board_of_Chosen_Freeholders
1982 United States Supreme Court case
identified as Albert Ross. A detective then opened the trunk and discovered a closed brown paper bag. He opened the bag and found numerous bags containing
United_States_v._Ross
2006 United States Supreme Court case
Randolph: A Murky Refinement of the Fourth Amendment Third-Party Consent Doctrine". Gonzaga Law Review. 42: 321. ISSN 0046-6115. Wineholt, A. (2006). "Georgia
Georgia_v._Randolph
2019 United States Supreme Court case
unconscious and cannot be given a breath test, the exigent-circumstances doctrine generally permits a blood test without a warrant. In May 2013, Gerald Mitchell
Mitchell_v._Wisconsin
1991 United States Supreme Court case
informed Jimeno that he suspected him of having drugs in the car. The officer opened up a package and found cocaine inside. At trial, Jimeno argued that his
Florida_v._Jimeno
1985 United States Supreme Court case
v. Place. Terry v. Ohio was the foundational case that established the doctrine of "Terry Stops." Terry was relevant here because the case requires that
United_States_v._Sharpe
2001 United States Supreme Court case
needs doctrine in light of the subjects' consent; in Chandler v. Miller, the Court had struck down drug testing under the special needs doctrine despite
Ferguson v. City of Charleston
Ferguson_v._City_of_Charleston
1989 United States Supreme Court case
Surveillance Court (FISA court) has used this ruling to expand the "special needs doctrine" that carves out an exception to the Fourth Amendment for the broad collection
Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives Ass'n
Skinner_v._Railway_Labor_Executives_Ass'n
before using drones for surveillance purposes. Open-fields doctrine Plain view doctrine Third-party doctrine California v. Ciraolo, 476 U.S. 207, 210 (1986)
Aerial_surveillance_doctrine
1985 United States Supreme Court case
to the motor home with the youth and had him knock on the door. Carney opened the door and stepped out. One officer entered without a warrant and searched
California_v._Carney
1920 United States Supreme Court case
This precedent later became known as the "fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine," and is an extension of the exclusionary rule. Chief Justice Edward Douglass
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United States
Silverthorne_Lumber_Co._v._United_States
1999 United States Supreme Court case
Likewise, the court opined in United States v. Ross that the Carroll doctrine permitted examination of all containers found in a vehicle during a search
Wyoming_v._Houghton
1983 United States Supreme Court case
again he did not speak, but handed the officers a key. When the officers opened the suitcase, they discovered it contained marijuana. The Supreme Court
Florida_v._Royer
1914 US Supreme Court ruling declaring warrantless seizure unconstitutional
things to be seized." "232 US 383 Fremont Weeks v. United States | OpenJurist". Open Jurist. Retrieved August 30, 2017. Works related to Weeks v. United
Weeks_v._United_States
1987 United States Supreme Court case
workplaces might be "so open" as to offer no reasonable expectation of privacy. "No clue is provided as to how open 'so open' must be; much less is it
O'Connor_v._Ortega
2001 United States Supreme Court case
April 21, 2009. Moran, David A. (2002). "The New Fourth Amendment Vehicle Doctrine: Stop and Search Any Car at Any Time". Villanova Law Review. 47 (4): 815–838
Atwater_v._City_of_Lago_Vista
2000 United States Supreme Court case
further declined to create a standard "firearms exception" to the Terry doctrine, as was recognized in some Federal circuits, stating, among other things
Florida_v._J._L.
of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit court decision relating to the open fields doctrine limiting the scope of the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
United_States_v._Pace
Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit court decision relating to the open fields doctrine limiting the scope of the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
United_States_v._Hatch
1981 United States Supreme Court case
compartment of an automobile is subject to search under the search incident doctrine even if the arrestee is out of the car. A nexus is required between the
New_York_v._Belton
1987 United States Supreme Court case
Alvarez, Fred (1988). "Colorado v. Bertine: An Expansion of the Inventory Doctrine as Applied to Vehicles and Its Impact on Illinois Law". Loyola University
Colorado_v._Bertine
Legal concept
A castle doctrine, also known as a castle law or a defense of habitation law, is a legal doctrine that designates a person's abode or any legally occupied
Castle_doctrine
2014 United States Supreme Court case
extends this prohibition to state governments under the incorporation doctrine. In the course of their duties, police officers must sometimes make split-second
Plumhoff_v._Rickard
1964 United States Supreme Court case
to rethink and provide exceptions to the traditional Fourth Amendment doctrine that only those with a possessory or proprietary interest in what was searched
Stoner_v._California
1971 U.S. Supreme Court case on police searches of automobiles
requirement. He held that neither the "incident to arrest" doctrine nor the "plain view" doctrine justified the search, and that an "automobile exception"
Coolidge_v._New_Hampshire
Highest court in the U.S. state of Oregon
even when those federal courts are not based in Oregon, per the Erie Doctrine developed by the U.S. Supreme Court. For this reason federal courts, and
Oregon_Supreme_Court
US state government agency
even if fenced and posted with no trespassing signs, using the "open fields doctrine", per Hester v. United States and Oliver v. United States, and does
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Louisiana_Department_of_Wildlife_and_Fisheries
1995 United States Supreme Court case
specified that a law enforcement officer, executing a search warrant, may break open a door only if, "after notice of his authority and purpose," he is denied
Wilson_v._Arkansas
2004 United States Supreme Court case
and directed Lidster to a side street where another officer administered field sobriety tests. Lidster was later tried and convicted of driving under the
Illinois_v._Lidster
Anti-Soviet U.S. Cold War foreign policy
Truman Doctrine is a U.S. foreign policy that pledges American support for U.S.-aligned nations against alleged authoritarian threats. The doctrine originated
Truman_Doctrine
1973 United States Supreme Court case
Wallace, Rangeley (1976). "A Reconsideration of the Fourth Amendment's Doctrine of Search Incident to Arrest". Georgetown Law Journal. 64: 53. Bradley
United_States_v._Robinson
2021 United States Supreme Court case
interest, and gave her instructions to get out of the car or allow them to open the doors. However, as it was dark, and both officers were in darker clothing
Torres_v._Madrid
1970 United States Supreme Court case
United States Supreme Court case in which the Court applied the Carroll doctrine in a case with a significant factual difference—the search took place after
Chambers_v._Maroney
1979 United States Supreme Court case
the Supreme Court's first significant articulation of the third-party doctrine in which government investigators may be permitted to search a person's
Smith_v._Maryland
1990 United States Supreme Court case
most legitimate plain-view seizures. The opinion clarified the plain view doctrine of the Court's Fourth Amendment analysis. As he entered his garage Erwin
Horton_v._California
1977 United States Supreme Court case
respondents were arrested. About an hour and a half after the arrest, the agents opened and searched the suitcase without a warrant. In order to search a locked
United_States_v._Chadwick
of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit court decision relating to the open fields doctrine limiting the scope of the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
United_States_v._Burton
2002 United States Supreme Court case
consent to them. Scholars have traced the origins of the Consent to Search Doctrine as far back as the 1920s, but it was not until the 1970s that the Court
United_States_v._Drayton
1992 United States Supreme Court case
is more, the Court reasoned, their decisions involving the "plain view doctrine" go against the notion that the Fourth Amendment proscribes unreasonable
Soldal_v._Cook_County
1976 United States Supreme Court case
Opperman, 428 U.S. 364 (1976), elaborated on the community caretaking doctrine. Under the Fourth Amendment, "unreasonable" searches and seizures are forbidden
South_Dakota_v._Opperman
2004 United States Supreme Court case
vehicle. Thus, while Arizona v. Gant modifies the search incident to arrest doctrine, it also leaves intact certain legal justifications for warrantless searches
Thornton_v._United_States
1988 United States Supreme Court case
States Supreme Court decision that created the modern "independent source doctrine" exception to the exclusionary rule. The exclusionary rule makes most evidence
Murray_v._United_States
1991 United States Supreme Court case
decision of the United States Supreme Court, which interpreted the Carroll doctrine to provide one rule to govern all automobile searches. The Court stated
California_v._Acevedo
1973 United States Supreme Court case
the Carroll doctrine because there was no probable cause. As to the validity of the search under various administrative inspection doctrines, the Court
Almeida-Sanchez v. United States
Almeida-Sanchez_v._United_States
1982 United States Supreme Court case
individual is a circumstance which permits seizure under the plain view doctrine. In January of 1978, a university police officer stopped Carl Overdahl
Washington_v._Chrisman
1984 United States Supreme Court case
erratically, and then saw it swerve off the road and come to a stop in an open field. No damage to any people or property was reported or witnessed. Jablonic
Welsh_v._Wisconsin
2000 United States Supreme Court case
police, one officer was to approach each stopped vehicle and conduct an "open-view" search of the vehicle, while another walked a narcotics-sniffing dog
City of Indianapolis v. Edmond
City_of_Indianapolis_v._Edmond
2014 United States Supreme Court case
Ariel C. Werner, What's in a Name? Challenging the Citizen-Informant Doctrine, 89 N.Y.U.L. Rev. 2336, 2340 n.15 (2014). Bob Egelko, Supreme Court Rules
Navarette_v._California
1906 United States Supreme Court case
no duty to the State or to his neighbors to divulge his business, or to open his doors to an investigation, so far as it may tend to criminate [sic] him
Hale_v._Henkel
2013 United States Supreme Court case
apprehending suspects. Similarly, the interest in inducing residents to open locked doors or containers [to facilitate the orderly completion of the search]
Bailey v. United States (2013)
Bailey_v._United_States_(2013)
Military field manuals used by the U.S. Army
initiative "Doctrine 2015". Since then, the most important doctrine have been published in Army Doctrine Publications (ADP) and Army Doctrine Reference
United States Army Field Manuals
United_States_Army_Field_Manuals
American judge (born 1948)
profession and community. On the court, he wrote the opinion in the noted open-fields doctrine case of State v. Bullock, in which the court held that individuals
Terry_N._Trieweiler
Law enforcement agency
Vermont, and Washington have rejected the "Open Field" Doctrine. Pennsylvania has sided with the Open Field Doctrine, but this is being challenged. Since its
Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries – Enforcement Division
Louisiana_Department_of_Wildlife_&_Fisheries_–_Enforcement_Division
2006 United States Supreme Court case
case answered in the affirmative a variation of the question the Court left open in United States v. Knights, 534 U.S. 112, 120 n.6 (2001), "whether a condition
Samson_v._California
Japanese foreign policy doctrine
wide-ranging fields, as well as to increase cooperation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its member countries. The Fukuda Doctrine serves
Fukuda_Doctrine
20th-century U.S. foreign policy
The Stimson Doctrine is the policy of nonrecognition of states created as a result of a war of aggression. The policy was implemented by the United States
Stimson_Doctrine
Major command of the U.S. Army
The United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) was a major command of the United States Army headquartered at Fort Eustis, Virginia. It
United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
United_States_Army_Training_and_Doctrine_Command
United States, 265 U.S. 57 (1924), the Supreme Court established the open-fields doctrine. The Court held that "the special protection accorded by the Fourth
List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 265
List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_265
allows open carry without a permit, as long as the firearm is not displayed in an angry or threatening manner. Some localities prohibit open carry; however
Gun_laws_in_Missouri
Christian doctrine that God exists in three persons
(Latin: Trinitas, lit. 'triad', from trinus 'threefold') is a Christian doctrine concerning the nature of God, which defines one God existing in three coeternal
Trinity
This is a list of notable open-source video games. Open-source video games are assembled from and are themselves open-source software, including public
List of open-source video games
List_of_open-source_video_games
OPEN FIELDS-DOCTRINE
OPEN FIELDS-DOCTRINE
Boy/Male
Celtic Welsh
Son of Owen.
Male
Welsh
 Modern Welsh form of Old Welsh Owain, OWEN means "born of yew." Compare with another form of Owen.
Male
Swedish
Norwegian and Swedish form of Old Norse Óðinn, ODEN means "poetry, song" and "eager, frenzied, raging."
Girl/Female
German, Teutonic
From the Field
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Pashtun
Battle Field; Open Space
Boy/Male
Welsh
Son of Owen.
Male
English
 Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Eóghan, OWEN means "born of yew." Compare with another form of Owen.
Boy/Male
English
In the field.
Boy/Male
Australian, British, English
A Field
Male
English
 Medieval English form of Latin Felix, FELIS means "happy" or "lucky." Compare with another form of Felis.
Female
English
English short form of Latin Penelope, PEN means "weaver of cunning."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Field.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name from Middle English feldes, plural or possessive of feld ‘open country’. This name is also found as a translation of equivalent names in other languages, in particular French Deschamps, Duchamp.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Field, from the dative plural of Old English feld ‘open country’.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Open space, Battle field
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Folds.Scottish : habitational name from any of various places called Faulds, as for example in Ayrshire, Lanarkshire, and Perth.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived on land which had been cleared of forest, but not brought into cultivation, from Old English feld ‘pasture’, ‘open country’, as opposed on the one hand to æcer ‘cultivated soil’, ‘enclosed land’ (see Acker) and on the other to weald ‘wooded land’, ‘forest’ (see Wald).Possibly also Scottish or Irish : reduced form of McField (see McPhail).Jewish (American) : Americanized and shortened form of any of the many Jewish surnames containing Feld.
Male
Welsh
Variant form of Welsh Owen, possibly OUEN means "born of yew."
Boy/Male
Indian
Open space, Battle field
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Folds.
OPEN FIELDS-DOCTRINE
OPEN FIELDS-DOCTRINE
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Eye
Girl/Female
Hindu
Full of knowledge, Altar, A river in india
Girl/Female
Tamil
Yakshitha | யாகà¯à®·à¯€à®¤à®¾, யாகà¯à®·à¯€à®¤à®¾
Wonder girl
Boy/Male
Indian
Patient, Tolerant, Forbearing, Preserving
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Very Bright Red Colour
Male
German
Contracted form of Old High German Hludowig, HLUDWIG means "famous warrior."Â
Female
Swedish
Swedish form of Old Norse Þyri, TYRI means "Thor's warrior."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a settlement on the river Dart in Devon, which is named from a British term meaning ‘oak’ and is thus a cognate of Darwin 2.English : metonymic occupational name for a maker of arrows, from Middle English dart (from Old French darde).
Girl/Female
Biblical
Their army, their trouble.
Boy/Male
Celtic
Fighter.
OPEN FIELDS-DOCTRINE
OPEN FIELDS-DOCTRINE
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a.
Free or cleared of obstruction to progress or to view; accessible; as, an open tract; the open sea.
a.
Open, like a field.
a.
Produced by an open string; as, an open tone.
n.
Open or unobstructed space; clear land, without trees or obstructions; open ocean; open water.
v. t. & i.
To open.
a.
Relating to an open fields; drowing in a field; growing in a field, or open ground.
v. i.
To take the field.
a.
Not concealed or secret; not hidden or disguised; exposed to view or to knowledge; revealed; apparent; as, open schemes or plans; open shame or guilt.
a.
Open.
v. t.
To loosen or make less compact; as, to open matted cotton by separating the fibers.
v. t.
To enter upon; to begin; as, to open a discussion; to open fire upon an enemy; to open trade, or correspondence; to open a case in court, or a meeting.
a.
Not drawn together, closed, or contracted; extended; expanded; as, an open hand; open arms; an open flower; an open prospect.
a.
Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing water ways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; -- used of the weather or the climate; as, an open season; an open winter.
n.
An open space; an extent; an expanse.
a.
Consisting of fields.
v. t.
To spread; to expand; as, to open the hand.
a.
Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration; as, an open account; an open question; to keep an offer or opportunity open.
a.
Free; disengaged; unappropriated; as, to keep a day open for any purpose; to be open for an engagement.
v. t.
To make or set open; to render free of access; to unclose; to unbar; to unlock; to remove any fastening or covering from; as, to open a door; to open a box; to open a room; to open a letter.
imp. & p. p.
of Field