Housebote
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
An allowance of necessary timber out of the land. lord’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; housebote is said to be of two kinds, estoveriam adificandi et ardendt.
Co. Litt. 41.