DCHP-3

homestead right

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the right of a citizen to file on a tract of land under the conditions of the Homestead Act (def. 2).

See: Homestead Act(def. 2)

Quotations

1871
No other person shall be entitled to more than one homestead right.
1954
With his family using their homestead rights, plus a scrip or two of a half-section each, they could gain a big farm for an expenditure of a comparatively little besides their labour.