Bote 5245253 189957607 2008-02-08T14:17:12Z RussBot 279219 Robot-assisted fix [[WP:DPL|links to disambiguation page]] Compensation In legal history, a '''bote''', also spelled '''bot''' or '''bót''', was a [[Damages|compensation]], recompense, or amends. It is the source of a variety of other terms, including the following: ''[[manbote]]'', which is amends paid to a lord for a servant who was killed; ''boteless'', where no judgment or favor will acquit someone, as would be the case for sacrilege; fire-bote, house-bote, hedge-bote, plow-bote, etc. It is also the source of the common phrase ''to boot''. ==See also== * [[Estovers]] <br> {{1728}} {{law-stub}} [[Category:Judicial remedies]]