1) English legal terminology 2) Legal necessaries
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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 as a substantive meaning `that which is necessary`. This word i.....
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• (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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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. Estoveir, estovoir, necessary, necessity, need, prop...
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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 allowance to a person out of an estate or other thin...
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necessaries allowed by law, as wood and timber to a tenant or alimony to a spouse.
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