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American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1
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Estovers
ESTO’VERS, n. In law, necessaries, or supplies; a reasonable allowance out of lands or goods for the use of a tenant; such as sustenance of a felon in prison, and for his family, during his imprisonment; alimony for a woman divorced, out of her husband’s estate.
Common of estovers is the liberty of taking the necessary wood for the use or furniture of a house or farm, from another’s estate. In Saxon, it is expressed by bote, which signifies more or supply, as house-bote, plow-bote, fire-bote, cart-bote, c.
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Chicago:
Noah Webster Jr., "Estovers," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed July 1, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L9SVEESCJIUW4E2.
MLA:
Webster, Noah, Jr. "Estovers." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 1 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L9SVEESCJIUW4E2.
Harvard:
Webster, N, 'Estovers' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 1 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L9SVEESCJIUW4E2.
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