botsata Save DMLBS botsata [? ME bōd+sæte] , right of abode granted to aliens. c1324 de ~a Danorum ‥ de ~a Norweygiorum (Lib. Cust.) MGL II 49 (cf. ib. 63: ly Daneis ount botsate; ceo est a savoir, sojour tout lan).