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DiAAnaP Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

Homestead estate

What exactly does homestead estate mean?
I have referred to the dictionary and yet I have not found anything useful-
Does this only refer to the farming lands one has? or could it be a general term for all real estate that only involve "lands"?
  

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In Texas, we have a "homestead" exemption for taxes. The homestead is your primary personal residence and its land. The "Homestead Act" in American history (1862) gave settlers a parcel of wilderness land (unoccupied land in the west) if they would use it as a farm.

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  • In Texas, we have a "homestead" exemption for taxes.
  • The homestead is your primary personal residence and its land.
  • The "Homestead Act" in American history (1862) gave settlers a parcel of wilderness land (unoccupied land in the west) if they would use it as a farm.
  • 6 million homesteads and distributed 270,000,000 acres (420,000 sq mi) of federal land for private ownership.
  • Homesteading was discontinued in 1976, except in Alaska, where it continued until 1986.
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In Texas, we have a "homestead" exemption for taxes. The homestead is your primary personal residence and its land.
The "Homestead Act" in American history (1862) gave settlers a parcel of wilderness land (unoccupied land in the west) if they would use it as a farm.

Between 1862 and 1934, the US government granted 1.6 million homesteads and distributed 270,000,000 acres (420,000 sq m
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