Estovers

[es'tәuvәz]

Definition

(n. 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.

Edited by Ingram

Definition

n.pl. (law) necessaries allowed by law as wood to a tenant for necessary repairs &c.—Common of estovers the right of taking necessary wood from another's estate for household use and the making of implements of industry.

Edited by Janet