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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Housebote \House"bote`\, n. [House + bote.] (Law)
   Wood allowed to a tenant for repairing the house and for
   fuel. This latter is often called firebote. See Bote.
   [1913 Webster]

2. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

HOUSE-BOTE. An allowance of necessary timber out of the landlord'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. House-bote is said to be 
of two kinds, estoveriam aedificandi et ardendi. Co. Litt. 41.

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