Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Estover

1. Wood that a tenant is allowed to take for fuel, the manufacture or repair of agricultural instruments, and the erection and maintenance of fences and hedges; necessary supplies. See common of estovers under COMMON. 2. The tenant's right to obtain that wood. 3. ALIMONY.

Estoveria sunt ardendi, arandi, construendi et claudendi

Estovers (tenants' rights t o material at hand) are for burning, plowing,, building, and fencing.

common of estovers

Hist. A tenant's right to take necessary supplies, esp. wood, from the lord's estate; the right to estovers. See ESTOVER (1).

estoveriis habendis

[Latin] Hist. A writ for a wife who was judicially separated to recover her alimony or estovers.

rationabile estoverium

n. [Law Latin "reasonable necessaries"] Hist. Alimony.