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Definition of: homestead
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(hōm′sted) noun
1. The place of a home; the house, subsidiary buildings, and adjacent land occupied as a home.
2. U.S. A tract of land occupied by a settler under the Homestead Act (1862) or its revisions.
—v.i. U.S. To become a settler on a homestead under the Homestead Act.
—v.t. U.S. To settle on land under the Homestead Act.
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