Bote

Bota, Bot, Boot, Sax. In Saxon law. A reparation, or making good 'of any damage done; (Lat. emendatio, refec Ho, restauratio.) Spelman. Circ bota, burg bota, brug bota, (qq. v.); the reparation of a church, town, or bridge. Ibid, A compensation, amends, or recompense. Larnb, Explic. cited in Cowell, A satisfaction or composition paid under the Saxon laws, in expiation of an offence. Spelman, Cowell.

Co, Litt, 127 a.

Man bote,m<i Rgbot, kins bot, frithes bot, (qq. v.); satisfaction for the death of a vassal or kinsman, or for breach of the peace.

Spelman.

In English law

An allowance; otherwise called estover or estovers, (qq. v.) The word bote (sometimes written boot,) is of frequent occurrence in ancient English law, but usually in combination with other words, as above. It is still retained in English and American jurisprudence, as a component of the words housebote, ploughbote, cartbote, hedgebote and firebote, partly in its ancient sense of reparation or replenishment, and partly in the secondary or general sense of a sufficient allowance; bemg synonymous with the word estovers.* Co. Idtt. 41 b. Thus, h<nuiebote signifies an allowance of wood to a tenant for the purpose of repairing his house, {in odium refectionem;) plougkhote and carthote, for making and repairing his instruments of husbandry; Jiayhote or hedgehote for repairing his hedges; and firebote, for maintaining or replenishing his fire.

Spelman, 2 Bl Com. 35. 1 StepL Com. 241.

See Carthote, Firebote, Hayhote, Housebote, Ploughbote,