HOMESTEADS
Noun
homesteads
plural of homestead
Source: Wiktionary
HOMESTEAD
Home"stead, n. Etym: [AS. hamstede.]
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)
Definition: 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
Home"stead, n. Etym: [AS. hamstede.]
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)
Definition: 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.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition