Estovers

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Estovers \Es*to"vers\ ([e^]s*t[=o]"v[~e]rz), n. pl. [OF.
     estoveir, estovoir, necessary, necessity, need, prop. an
     infin. meaning to suit, be fit, be necessary. See {Stover}.]
     (Law)
     Necessaries or supplies; an allowance to a person out of an
     estate or other thing for support; as of wood to a tenant for


     life, etc., of sustenance to a man confined for felony out of
     his estate, or alimony to a woman divorced out of her
     husband's estate. --Blackstone.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Common of estovers}. See under {Common}, n.
        [1913 Webster]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  ESTOVERS, estates. The right of taking necessary wood for the use or 
  furniture of a house or farm, from off another's estate. The word bote is 
  used synonymously with the word estovers. 2 Bl. Com. 35; Dane's Ab. Index, 
  h.t.; Woodf. L. & T. 232; 10 Wend. 639; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1652 57.