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Homestead Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Homestead? [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 Synonyms \| Synonyms for Homestead: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Homestead: ancestral halls \| arable land \| barnyard \| barton \| cattle ranch \| chicken farm \| chimney corner \| collective farm \| cotton plantation \| croft \| dairy farm \| demesne \| demesne farm \| dry farm \| dude ranch \| estate \| factory farm \| fallow \| family homestead \| farm \| farmery \| farmhold \| farmland \| farmplace \| farmstead \| farmyard \| fireplace \| fireside \| foyer \| fruit farm \| fur farm \| grain farm \| grange \| grassland \| hacienda \| hearth \| hearth and home \| hearthstone \| home \| home place \| home roof \| home sweet home \| homecroft \| homefarm \| house and grounds \| house and lot \| household \| ingle \| inglenook \| ingleside \| kibbutz \| kolkhoz \| location \| mains \| manor farm \| menage \| messuage \| orchard \| pasture \| paternal roof \| pen \| place \| plantation \| poultry farm \| ranch \| rancheria \| rancho \| roof \| rooftree \| sheep farm \| station \| steading \| stock farm \| toft \| truck farm See Also \| abode \| acres \| demesne \| domicile \| dwelling \| dwelling house \| estate \| habitation \| home \| land \| landed estate \| settle Homestead In Webster's Dictionary \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.]

Homestead Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Homestead?

[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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Homestead:

Homestead In Webster's Dictionary

\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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