Estovers in United Kingdom

Definition of Estovers

In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Estovers :

The right to cut timber for certain purposes from land not in one’s own absolute ownership. The right arises in favour of a lessee or *tenant for life under a settlement of the land and it can exist as a *profit à prendre. Estovers comprise the right to take timber as:

(1) house bote, for repairing a dwelling or for use as firewood in it;

(2) plough bote, for repairing farm implements; and

(3) hay bote, for repairing fences.

In each case the lessee or tenant may take only sufficient timber for present needs and not for future requirements. Estovers as profits à prendre are usually *appurtenant.