estovers
necessaries allowed by law, as wood and timber to a tenant or alimony to a spouse.
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How to use estovers in a sentence
The various kinds of estovers were thus known as house-bote, cart or plough-bote, hedge or hay-bote, and fire-bote respectively.
Moreover, the statutes have never enabled an inclosure to be made against commoners entitled to estovers or turbary.
It would be strange to my purpose to discuss the details of common of estovers, of turbary, or of fishery.
Villainage in England | Paul VinogradoffCommon of estovers is the liberty of taking the necessary wood for a house or farm from another's estate.
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British Dictionary definitions for estovers
/ (ɛˈstəʊvəz) /
law a right allowed by law to tenants of land to cut timber, esp for fuel and repairs
Origin of estovers
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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