homestead law
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- a law exempting a homestead from seizure or forced sale to meet general debts
- any law granting to settlers tracts of public land to be developed as farms
- 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.