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estovers

noun

Definitions

  1. plural of estover

  2. An estover

    An estover; an allowance made from an estate for a person's support.

  3. An allowance or alimony granted to a divorced woman, taken from the husband's estate for…

    An allowance or alimony granted to a divorced woman, taken from the husband's estate for her support.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. An allowance of wood made to a tenant.

    2. The freedom of a tenant to take necessary wood from the land occupied by that tenant.

      • 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.

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