Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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business homestead.

The premises on which a family's business is located. 0 In some states, business homesteads are exempt from execution or judicial sale for most kinds of debt.

constitutional homestead.

A homestead, along with its exemption from forced sale, conferred on the head of a household by a state constitution.

homestead.

The house, outbuildings, and adjoining land owned and occupied by a person or family as a residence. ( As long as the homestead does not exceed in area or value the limits fixed by law, in most states it is exempt from forced sale for collection of a debt. - Also termed homestead estate.