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Definition of Homestead

Homestead
Homestead 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.]

Meaning of Homestead from wikipedia

- Look up homestead in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Homestead may refer to: Homestead (buildings), a farmhouse and its adjacent outbuildings; by extension...
- The Homestead Acts were several laws in the United States by which an applicant could acquire ownership of government land or the public domain, typically...
- The Homestead strike, also known as the Homestead steel strike, Homestead m****acre, or Battle of Homestead, was an industrial lockout and strike that began...
- Homesteading is a lifestyle of self-sufficiency. It is characterized by subsistence agriculture, home preservation of food, and may also involve the small...
- Homestead is a city within Miami-Dade County in the U.S. state of Florida, between Biscayne National Park to the east and Everglades National Park to...
- Homestead Air Reserve Base (IATA: HST, ICAO: KHST, FAA LID: HST) (Homestead ARB), previously known as Homestead Air Force Base (Homestead AFB) is located...
- The homestead exemption is a legal regime to protect the value of the homes of residents from property taxes, creditors, and cir****stances that arise...
- Homestead Technologies is a web hosting company based in Burlington, M****achusetts. Homestead offers its members WYSIWIG tools to build and publish their...
- The Homestead Grays (also known as Washington Grays or Washington Homestead Grays) were a professional baseball team that pla**** in the Negro leagues...
- The Homesteader (1919) is a lost black-and-white silent film by African-American author and filmmaker Oscar Micheaux. The film is based on his novel inspired...