homestead law

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noun

any law exempting homesteads from seizure or sale for debt.

any law making public lands available to settlers to be used as farms.

any of various state laws granting special property tax exemptions or other privileges to homesteaders.

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Origin of homestead law

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Words nearby homestead law

homestay, homestead, Homestead Act, homesteader, homesteading, homestead law, home straight, homestretch, home study, homestyle, “Home, Sweet Home”

How to use homestead law in a sentence

So as a last resort the squatters tried to prove up on the land under the Homestead law.
Our National Forests|Richard H. Douai Boerker
The homestead law, as finally adopted in 1862, granted one hundred and sixty acres as a free gift to every settler.
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States|Selig Perlman
The Homestead law opened up the road to self-employment by way of free land and agriculture.
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States|Selig Perlman
Resolutions favoring a homestead law, river and harbor improvements, and the Pacific railroad were also included in the platform.
Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2)|William H. Herndon

He had lived in Kansas since the passage of the homestead law.
The Reclaimers|Margaret Hill McCarter

British Dictionary definitions for homestead law

homestead law

noun

(in the US and Canada) any of various laws conferring certain privileges on owners of homesteads

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