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Alimony vs Estovers - What's the difference?

alimony | estovers |

As nouns the difference between alimony and estovers

is that alimony is a court-enforced allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person while estovers is plural of lang=en.

alimony

English

(wikipedia alimony)

Noun

(alimonies)
  • (legal) A court-enforced allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person.
  • The means to support life.

    • Derived terms

    * palimony * alimonious

    Related terms

    * aliment * alimentary

    estovers

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (legal, history) An estover, an allowance made from an estate for a person's support.
  • (legal, history) An allowance or alimony granted to a divorced woman, taken from the husband's estate for her support.
  • (legal, history) An allowance of wood made to a tenant.
  • (legal, history) The freedom of a tenant to take necessary wood from the land occupied by that tenant.

    • Synonyms

    * bote

    References

    * A Law Dictionary and Glossary: Containing Full Definitions of the Principal Terms of the Common and Civil Law, page 565