homestead
Example Sentences
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We drove 6½ hours to the mountains of Southwest Virginia to visit my mom’s remote homestead on Ramsey’s Ridge.
The painting showed an old man in cracked spectacles standing beside a lame horse, in the midst of a homestead that had burned to the ground, so that only the smoking ruins remained.
From Literature
By chance, lawyers in the Department of Justice learned that a part of my recently completed doctoral dissertation in Indian history included a discussion of such “homestead laws.”
From Salon
“More importantly, the state has complex laws about community property, homestead exemptions, and tax implications that can dramatically affect how your assets pass to your heirs.”
From MarketWatch
Odinga was buried nearby at his late father's homestead, where there is a family mausoleum.
From BBC
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