homestead entry
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, Black's (1910)
Definitions from Case Law
From 226 U.S. 548 - Bunker Hill Sullivan Mining Concentrating Company v. United States · 1913Most cited · 19 citing opinions
Until some such action by the United States, Messenger's entry segregated the land from the public domain and made it so far private as to withdraw it from the operation of the law permitting other citizens to locate mines or cut timber on public mineral land.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
An entry under the United States land laws for the purpose of acquiring title to a portion of the public domain under the homestead laws, consisting of an affidavit of the claimant's right to enter, a formal application for the land, and pavment of the money required. Hastings & D. It. Co. v. Whitney, 132 U. S. 357, 10 Sup. Ct. 112, 33 L. Ed. 363; Deaiy v. U. S., 152 U. S. 539, 14 Sup. CL 680, 38 I. Ed. 545 ; McCune v. Essig (a Ct) 118 Fed. 277.
Defined under Entry in Black's Law Dictionary.