Definition of Homesteads

1. Noun. (plural of homestead) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Homesteads

1. homestead [v] - See also: homestead

Lexicographical Neighbors of Homesteads

homespun(p)
homespun fabric
homespuns
homestall
homestalls
homestand
homestands
homestay
homestays
homestead
homestead law
homesteaded
homesteader
homesteaders
homesteading
homesteads
homestretch
homestretches
homestyle
hometime
hometown
hometowned
hometowns
homeward
homeward-bound
homewards
homeware
homewares
homework
homework problem

Literary usage of Homesteads

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. New Probate Law and Practice, with Annotations and Forms: For Use in Alaska by William Smithers Church (1909)
"Homesteads. § 411. Right of survivor to homestead. § 412. ... (2) Homesteads selected from separate property of persons selecting or joining in selection of ..."

2. Public Land Laws: Passed by Congress from March 4, 1875, to April 1, 1882 by Henry Norris Copp, United States Dept. of the Interior, United States General Land Office, United States Dept. of Justice (1883)
"When lands entered for homesteads revert to Government. 224. ... Unsold lands of Ottawa and Chip- pewa Indians, how opened for~ homesteads. 247. ..."

3. Public Land Laws: Passed by Congress from March 4, 1875, to April 1, 1882 by Henry Norris Copp, United States Dept. of the Interior, United States General Land Office, United States Dept. of Justice (1883)
"Homesteads. Who may enter certain unappropriated lands. Mode of procedure. ... When lands entered for homesteads revert to Government. ..."

4. A Treatise on the Public Land System of the United States: With References by George W. Spaulding (1884)
"When Lands Entered for Homesteads Revert to Government. § 136. ... Unsold Lands of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, how Opened for Homesteads. ..."

5. Probate Law and Practice: A Treatise on Wills, Succession, Administration by Peter V. Ross (1909)
"Classes and General Incidents of Homesteads.—Tn this and the following article ... To each of these homesteads the law, for reasons not clearly apparent, ..."

6. Constitution of the State of Louisiana: Adopted in Convention, at the City by Louisiana (1879)
"Eights to homesteads or exemptions under laws or contracts, or for debts existing at the time of the adoption of this constitution, shall not be impaired, ..."

7. Revised Laws of the State of California: In Four Codes : Political, Civil by California, Creed Haymond, John Chilton Burch, Charles Lindley (1871)
"CHAPTER I. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO Homesteads. II. THE HOMESTEAD OF THE HEAD OF A FAMILY. ... Who may acquire homesteads, and of what value. what ..."

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