Homestead

HOMESTEAD – the house and adjoining land where the head of the family lives, which passes to the widow when her husband dies and is exempt from the claims of his creditors; this is similiar to a widow’s dower, the difference being that the homestead includes the dwelling

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
homestead (noun)
1.
a) the home and adjoining land occupied by a family
b) an ancestral home
c) - house
2.
a tract of land acquired from United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating the tract
homestead (verb)
transitive verb
intransitive verb
to acquire or occupy as a homestead to acquire or settle on land under a homestead law
Homestead (geographical name)
city Florida of Miami 31,909 - SE SW pop
Alternative Meanings:
  • Homestead
    HOMESTEAD ACT – any of several legislative acts authorizing the sale of public land
  • Homestead
    HOLOGRAPHIC WILL – a will written entirely by hand and bearing the date and having the signature of the testator