What is a homestead?
Homestead: Property designated by a householder as the householder's home and protected by law from forced sale to meet debts.
Answered by Lorraine R. -
Older Answers
Homestead: a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law MORE
Answered by Louis A. -
Related Questions
-
What is the homestead act of 1862?
The Homestead Act of 1862 was passed by the U.S. Congress. It...
-
What was the homestead act? What was the homestead act?
HA for the transfer of 160 acres of unoccupied public land to...
-
What was the homestead strike?
Describes the violent 1892 strike at Andrew Carnegie's steel ...
-
What is a homestead exemption?
Homestead exemption is designed to protect the value of the h...
-
Why did little of the free land offered by the Homestead Act end up being claimed by settlers?
The majority of land was auctioned to the highest bidder. Ano...
Comments