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Holiday

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

A religious festival; a day set apart for commemorating some important event in history; a day of exemption from labor. Webster. A day upon which the usual operations of business are suspended and the courts closed, and, generally, no legal process is served.

Legal holiday. A day designated by law as exempt from judicial proceedings, service of process, demand and protest of commercial paper, etc.

Public holiday. A legal holiday.