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Definition of Homestead
1. Verb. Settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead.
2. Noun. The home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family.
3. Noun. Land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law.
4. Noun. Dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land.
Definition of Homestead
1. n. The home place; a home and the inclosure or ground immediately connected with it.
Definition of Homestead
1. Noun. a house together with surrounding land and buildings, especially on a farm ¹
2. Noun. the place that is one's home ¹
3. Noun. (context: South Africa) A cluster of several houses occupied by an extended family ¹
4. Verb. To acquire or settle on land as a homestead. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Homestead
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Homestead
Literary usage of Homestead
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1921)
"From an order sustaining the exceptions of the Lummus Cotton Gin Company to
proceedings to set off defendants' homestead, defendants appeal. Affirmed. ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"held that where a conveyance is made not waiving the homestead, it passed the
fee, but its operation was suspended until the grantor abandoned the premises ..."
3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1916)
"The homestead*.right in this land was a creation of the statutes of the state,
... The homestead of every family, whether owned by the husband or wife, ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Since 1866 mineral lands have been for the most part excluded from entry as
homesteads. In accordance with the provisions of the homestead law, ..."
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