Housebote
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881), Bouvier (1839)
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
liousbote. v. Bote.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
v. Bote.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
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.