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estovers
a right allowed by law to tenants of land to cut timber for fuel and repairs.Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006
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.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.