Vacation
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
That period of time betwcen the end of one term of court and the beginning of another.
See Von Schmidt v. Widber, 99 Cal. 511, 34 Pac. 109; Conkling v. Ridgely, 112 III. 36, 1 N. E. 261, 54 Am. Rep. 204 ; Brayman v. Whitcemb, 134 Mass. 525; State v. Derkum, 27 Mo. App. 628.
Vacation also signifies, in ecclesiastical law, that a church or benefice is vacant; e, g., on the death or resignation of the incumbant, until his successor is appointed.
2 Inst. 359; Phillim. Ecc. Law, 495.