Meaning of HOMESTEAD
| Pronunciation: | | 'howmsted
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- [n] dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land
- [n] land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law
- [n] the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family
- [v] settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead
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| | See Also: | | abode, acres, demesne, domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, estate, habitation, home, land, landed estate, settle | |
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| | Definition: | |  Homestead
Homestead is a collection of essays by Annick Smith, who moved with her husband and children from Seattle to Montana in 1964. Smith writes about many aspects of her adopted state, from cattle-branding to author Norman Maclean. more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Home"stead\, n. [AS. h[=a]mstede.]
1. The home place; a home and the inclosure or ground
immediately connected with it. --Dryden.
2. The home or seat of a family; place of origin.
We can trace them back to a homestead on the Rivers
Volga and Ural. --W. Tooke.
3. (Law) The home and appurtenant land and buildings owned by
the head of a family, and occupied by him and his family.
{Homestead law}.
(a) A law conferring special privileges or exemptions upon
owners of homesteads; esp., a law exempting a
homestead from attachment or sale under execution for
general debts. Such laws, with limitations as to the
extent or value of the property, exist in most of the
States. Called also {homestead exemption law}.
(b) Also, a designation of an Act of Congress authorizing
and regulating the sale of public lands, in parcels of
160 acres each, to actual settlers. [U.S.]
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