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☆ 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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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