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单词 estovers
释义

estovers

English

Noun

estovers

  1. plural of estover

Noun

estovers pl (plural only)

  1. (law, historical) An estover, an allowance made from an estate for a person's support.
  2. (law, historical) An allowance or alimony granted to a divorced woman, taken from the husband's estate for her support.
  3. (law, historical) An allowance of wood made to a tenant.
  4. (law, historical) The freedom of a tenant to take necessary wood from the land occupied by that tenant.
    • 1770, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England
      It seemed to have been generally understood that the lord could not approve, where the commoners had a right of turbary, piscary, of digging sand, or of taking any species of estovers upon the common.

Synonyms

  • bote

References

  • A Law Dictionary and Glossary: Containing Full Definitions of the Principal Terms of the Common and Civil Law, page 565

Anagrams

  • oversets
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