Firebote
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Kinney (1893), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
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.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
lireboot, sax.
In old English law. An allowance of sufficient wood for fuel, for the use of a tenant for life or years.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Sax. [from /r^, and fco/i?, an allowance.] An allowance of sufficient wood for fuel, for the use of a tenant for life or yeare. 2 Bl, Com, 36. 2 Crabh's Real Prop. 76, § 1044. Spelman, voc. Bota, Called in the old books, eatoverium ardendi. See Bote^ Estovers,