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English → English (gcide) Definition: Estovers Estovers \Es*to"vers\ ([e^]s*t[=o]"v[~e]rz), n. pl. [OF. estoveir, estovoir, necessary, necessity, need, prop. an infin. meaning to suit, be fit, be necessary. See Stover.] (Law) Necessaries or supplies; an allowance to a person out of an estate or other thing for support; as of wood to a tenant for life, etc., of sustenance to a man confined for felony out of his estate, or alimony to a woman divorced out of her husband's estate. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster] Common of estovers. See under Common, n. [1913 Webster]