Look up: estovers

1. Estovers
   Es·to'vers (ĕs*tō'vẽrz) noun plural [ Old French estoveir , estovoir , necessary, necessity, need, prop. an infin. meaning to suit, be fit, be necessary. See Stover .] (Law) Necessaries or supplies; an al...
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2. estovers
   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. Common of estovers. See Common. ... Origin: OF. Es...
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3. Estovers
   • (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.
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4. Estovers
   In English law, `estovers` is wood that a tenant is allowed to take, for life or a period of years, from the land he holds for the repair of his house, the implements of husbandry, hedges and fences, and for firewood. The word derives the from the French estover, estovoir, a verb used ...
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