Firebote
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
An allowance of wood or estoves to maintain competent firing for the tenant. A sufficient allowance of wood to burn in a house.
1 Washb. Real Prop. 99.
Tenant for life or years is entitled to it.
2 Bl. Comm. 35.
Cutting more than is needed for present use is waste.
3 Dane, Abr. 238; 8 Pick. (Mass.) 312-315; Cro. Eliz. 593; 7 Bing. 640.
The rules in England and in this country are different in relation to the kind of trees which the tenant may cut.
11 Mete. (Mass.) 504; 7 Pick. (Mass.) 152; 7 Johns. (N. Y.) 227; 6 Barb. (N. Y.) 9; 2 Zab. (N. J.) 521; 2 Ohio St. 180; 13 Pa. St. 438; 3 Leon. 16.