Thesaurus: estovers

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1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Necessaries or supples; an allowance to a person out of anestate 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, oralimony to a woman divorced out of her husband's estate. Blackstone.Common of estovers. See under Common, n.
4. 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.