homestead land
61homestead law — noun a law conferring privileges on owners of homesteads • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑law * * * noun 1. : a law conferring special privileges or exemptions upon owners of homesteads; especially …
62homestead — home|stead1 [ houm,sted ] noun count AMERICAN 1. ) a farm, including the FARMHOUSE and any other buildings on the land 2. ) an area of land that was given to people in the past by the U.S. government to live on and farm homestead home|stead 2 [… …
63homestead exemption laws — Laws passed in most states allowing a householder or head of a family to designate a house and land as his homestead, and exempting the same homestead from execution by creditors for his general debts (in, for example, bankruptcy proceedings).… …
64homestead exemption laws — Laws passed in most states allowing a householder or head of a family to designate a house and land as his homestead, and exempting the same homestead from execution by creditors for his general debts (in, for example, bankruptcy proceedings).… …
65land reform — any program, esp. when undertaken by a national government, involving the redistribution of agricultural land among the landless. [1840 50, Amer.] * * * Deliberate change in the way agricultural land is held or owned, the methods of its… …
66Land use in Oregon — Map of federal land ownership in Oregon   Bureau of Indian Affairs …
67Land Ordinance of 1785 — The Land Ordinance of 1785 was adopted by the United States Congress on May 20, 1785. Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress did not have the power to raise revenue by direct taxation of the inhabitants of the United States. Therefore, the …
68Land ownership and tenure — There are a great variety of modes of land ownership and tenure: * Traditional land tenure. For example, most of the indigenous nations or tribes of North America had no formal notion of land ownership. When Europeans first came to North America …
69Land Run of 1889 — Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889 A land rush in progress. Other names Oklahoma Land Rush Location Central Oklahoma …
70homestead — 1. noun a) a house together with surrounding land and buildings, especially on a farm b) the place that is ones home 2. verb To acquire or settle on land as a homestead …
