Bote
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A recompense or compensation. The common word "boot" comes from this word.
Cowell.
The term is applied as well to making repairs in houses, bridges, etc., as to making a recompense for slaying a man or stealing property. House bote, materials which may be taken to repair a house; hedge bote, to repair hedges; brig bote, to repair bridges; man bote, compensation to be paid by a murderer. Bote is known to the English law also under the name of "estover."
1 Washb. Real Prop. 99; 2 Bl. Comm. 35.