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estovers

[ e-stoh-verz ]

plural noun

Law.
  1. necessaries allowed by law, as wood and timber to a tenant or alimony to a spouse.


estovers

/ ɛˈəʊə /

plural noun

  1. law a right allowed by law to tenants of land to cut timber, esp for fuel and repairs
“Collins 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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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of estovers1

1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French, noun use of Old French estovoir, estover to be necessary ≪ Latin est opus there is need
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of estovers1

C15: from Anglo-French, plural of estover, n use of Old French estovoir to be necessary, from Latin est opus there is need
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Example Sentences

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Common of estovers is the liberty of taking the necessary wood for a house or farm from another's estate.

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The various kinds of estovers were thus known as house-bote, cart or plough-bote, hedge or hay-bote, and fire-bote respectively.

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Copyholders have similar rights over the land they occupy and over the waste of the manor, in which case the rights are known as “Commons of estovers.”

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Their rights of usufruct, grazing, pannage, estovers, turbary and piscary survived for many centuries before being terminated: first informally, later in wholesale acts of enclosure.

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Moreover, the statutes have never enabled an inclosure to be made against commoners entitled to estovers or turbary.

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