Definition of Homestiad
Home"stead (?), n. [AS.
hāmstede.] 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.]
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a house and the curtilage
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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