HOUSE-BOTE
\hˈa͡ʊsbˈə͡ʊt], \hˈaʊsbˈəʊt], \h_ˈaʊ_s_b_ˈəʊ_t]\
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An allowance of necessary timber out of the landlord's woods, for the repairing and support of a house or tenement. This belongs of common-right to any lessee for years or for life. House-bote is said to be of two kinds, estoveriam aedificandi et ardendi. Co. Litt. 41.
By John Bouvier
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