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What (who) is estovers - definition
ALLOWANCE OUT OF AN ESTATE
Bót; To boot; Affuage; Housebote; Estover (law)
Estovers
·noun ·pl Necessaries or supples; 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 of his estate, or alimony to a woman divorced out of her husband's estate.
estovers
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¦ plural noun (usu. common/right of estovers) Brit., chiefly historical the right to take wood for fuel, repairs, or other necessary purpose from land which one does not own, especially land of which one is the tenant or lessee.
Origin
C15: from Anglo-Norman Fr. estover 'be necessary', based on L. est opus 'it is necessary'.
Estovers
In English law, an estover is an allowance made to a person out of an estate, or other thing, for his or her support. The word estover can also mean specifically an allowance of wood that a tenant is allowed to take from the commons, for life or a period of years, for the implements of husbandry, hedges and fences, and for firewood.
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Estovers
In English law, an estover is an allowance made to a person out of an estate, or other thing, for his or her support. The word estover can also mean specifically an allowance of wood that a tenant is allowed to take from the commons, for life or a period of years, for the implements of husbandry, hedges and fences, and for firewood.
Examples of use of estovers
1. Held for the shared benefit of all who have the right to use them, commons are a medieval relic of a system of land ownership which placed the collective ahead of the individual: awarding rights such as pasture, estovers (taking wood), turbany (peat), pannage (turning out pigs) and piscary (catching fish). Article continues Today, commons still cover 4% of England and 8% of Wales: anyone can walk on them (thanks to a law passed in 2000). Parliament passed the first Commons Act in 1235; it is in the middle of passing another, sensibly preventing farmers from exploiting their rights to graze sheep and cattle by leasing them on and preventing unwelcome development on shared land.