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  Common \Com"mon\, n.
     1. The people; the community. [Obs.] ``The weal o' the
        common.'' --Shak.
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     2. An inclosed or uninclosed tract of ground for pleasure,
        for pasturage, etc., the use of which belongs to the
        public; or to a number of persons.
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     3. (Law) The right of taking a profit in the land of another,
        in common either with the owner or with other persons; --
        so called from the community of interest which arises
        between the claimant of the right and the owner of the
        soil, or between the claimants and other commoners
        entitled to the same right.
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     Common appendant, a right belonging to the owners or
        occupiers of arable land to put commonable beasts upon the
        waste land in the manor where they dwell.
  
     Common appurtenant, a similar right applying to lands in
        other manors, or extending to other beasts, besides those
        which are generally commonable, as hogs.
  
     Common because of vicinage or Common because of
     neighborhood, the right of the inhabitants of each of two
        townships, lying contiguous to each other, which have
        usually intercommoned with one another, to let their
        beasts stray into the other's fields. - 
  
     Common in gross or Common at large, a common annexed to a
        man's person, being granted to him and his heirs by deed;
        or it may be claimed by prescriptive right, as by a parson
        of a church or other corporation sole. --Blackstone.
  
     Common of estovers, the right of taking wood from another's
        estate.
  
     Common of pasture, the right of feeding beasts on the land
        of another. --Burill.
  
     Common of piscary, the right of fishing in waters belonging
        to another.
  
     Common of turbary, the right of digging turf upon the
        ground of another.
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  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.
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     Common of estovers. See under Common, n.
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  Estovers \Es*to"vers\, n. pl. [OF. estoveir, estovoir,
     necessary, necessity, need, prop. an infin. meaning to suit,
     be fit, be necessary. See Stover.] (Law)
     Necessaries or supples; 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 of his
     estate, or alimony to a woman divorced out of her husband's
     estate. --Blackstone.
  
     Common of estovers. See under Common, n.

  Common \Com"mon\, n.
     1. The people; the community. [Obs.] ``The weal o' the
        common.'' --Shak.
  
     2. An inclosed or uninclosed tract of ground for pleasure,
        for pasturage, etc., the use of which belongs to the
        public; or to a number of persons.
  
     3. (Law) The right of taking a profit in the land of another,
        in common either with the owner or with other persons; --
        so called from the community of interest which arises
        between the claimant of the right and the owner of the
        soil, or between the claimants and other commoners
        entitled to the same right.
  
     Common appendant, a right belonging to the owners or
        occupiers of arable land to put commonable beasts upon the
        waste land in the manor where they dwell.
  
     Common appurtenant, a similar right applying to lands in
        other manors, or extending to other beasts, besides those
        which are generally commonable, as hogs.
  
     Common because of vicinage or neighborhood, the right of
        the inhabitants of each of two townships, lying contiguous
        to each other, which have usually intercommoned with one
        another, to let their beasts stray into the other's
        fields. - 
  
     Common in gross or at large, a common annexed to a man's
        person, being granted to him and his heirs by deed; or it
        may be claimed by prescriptive right, as by a parson of a
        church or other corporation sole. --Blackstone.
  
     Common of estovers, the right of taking wood from another's
        estate.
  
     Common of pasture, the right of feeding beasts on the land
        of another. --Burill.
  
     Common of piscary, the right of fishing in waters belonging
        to another.
  
     Common of turbary, the right of digging turf upon the
        ground of another.

  common of estovers /kˈɒmən ɒv ˈɛstəʊvəz/
   [Br.] Holzgerechtigkeit , Recht auf Holzentnahme für den Eigenbedarf [jur.]
           Note: durch einen Grundstückspächter