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estovers |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Estovers \Es*to"vers\, n. pl [OF. estoveir estovoir necessary, necessity, need prop. an infin. meaning to suit, be fit be necessary. See {Stover}.] (Law) 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. --Blackstone. {Common of estovers}. See under {Common}, n.
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