homestead law

  1. a law exempting a homestead from seizure or forced sale to meet general debts
  2. any law granting to settlers tracts of public land to be developed as farms
  3. in certain states, any of various laws granting specific privileges or tax exemptions to homesteaders

See homestead law in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Any of several laws passed in most states exempting a householder's homestead from attachment or forced sale to meet general debts.
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