Apart from its specific meaning in specific pieces of legislation (and it is a technical term in a number of different legal jurisdictions), it has a general meaning of a piece of land on which your home is built, especially one which has never had a house on it before.
Homestead actually has two definitions. One of the definitions is that it a house or a building. The other definition is that when a person's house is exempt from forced sale that the house would be in during debt.
The Homestead Strike occurred in Homestead, Pennsylvania.
In some states, the homestead exemption is automatic -- that is, if you live in your house, then the homestead law applies automatically. In other states, you must file a "Homestead Declaration" in order to put potential creditors on notice that the house is your primary residence. If you file the Homestead Declaration, then you are entitled to the protections of the homestead law. If you don't file the Homestead Declaration, then you're not.
The address of the Homestead Branch Library is: 700 North Homestead Blvd., Homestead, 33030 6212
The TN homestead exemption stand for the Tennessee homestead exemption. The Tennessee homestead exemption protects some of the home equity when bankruptcy is being filed.
Loomis Homestead was created in 1640.
Reed Homestead was created in 1809.
Hallock Homestead was created in 1765.
Clark Homestead was created in 1708.
Howard Homestead was created in 1825.
McMahan Homestead was created in 1820.
Pratt Homestead was created in 1760.