Homestead Act of Congress

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• Homestead Act — thumb|Certificate of homestead given under the Homestead Act in Nebraska, 1868.The Homestead Act was a United States Federal law that gave an applicant freehold title to 160 acres (one quarter section or about 65 hectares) 640 acres (one section… …   Wikipedia

• Homestead Act of 1860 — The Homestead Act of 1860 in the United States made land available for 25 cents per acre. This was at a time where northerners had an idea that the government should give convert|160|acre|km2|sing=on plots of land to pioneers for free. People… …   Wikipedia

• Homestead Act — Home′stead Act n. gov a special act of Congress (1862) that made public lands in the West available to settlers without payment, usu. in lots of 160 acres, to be used as farms …   From formal English to slang

• Homestead Act — a special act of Congress (1862) that made public lands in the West available to settlers without payment, usually in lots of 160 acres, to be used as farms. * * * …   Universalium

• Homestead Act — a special act of Congress (1862) that made public lands in the West available to settlers without payment, usually in lots of 160 acres, to be used as farms …   Useful english dictionary

• Homestead Act — /ˈhoʊmstɛd/ (say hohmsted) noun a special act (1862) of the US Congress which made lands in the West available to settlers without payments …  

• (the) Homestead Act — the Homestead Act [the Homestead Act] a law passed by the US Congress in 1862. It gave 160 ↑acres /65 ↑hectares of government land in the west to anyone who would agree to live on it for five years. A small payment was required. A person who… …   Useful english dictionary

• Homestead — Home stead, n. [AS. h[=a]mstede.] 1. The home place; a home and the inclosure or ground immediately connected with it. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. The home or seat of a family; place of origin. [1913 Webster] We can trace them back to a homestead… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• homestead exemption law — Homestead Home stead, n. [AS. h[=a]mstede.] 1. The home place; a home and the inclosure or ground immediately connected with it. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. The home or seat of a family; place of origin. [1913 Webster] We can trace them back to a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Homestead law — Homestead Home stead, n. [AS. h[=a]mstede.] 1. The home place; a home and the inclosure or ground immediately connected with it. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. The home or seat of a family; place of origin. [1913 Webster] We can trace them back to a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Homestead Movement — Mid 19th century drive for free land in the U.S. Midwest, Great Plains, and West. It began in the 1830s as labourers and reformers joined farmers in calling for public land to be given free to settlers. In 1848 the Free Soil Party advocated the… …   Universalium