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Vacation

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

That period of time between the end of one term and beg^inning of another. During vacation, rules and orders are made in such cases as are urgent, by a judge at his chambers. VACATUR (Law Lat. it is vacated).

In practice

A rule or order by which a proceeding is vacated; a vacating. VACQUER (L. FV.) To be at leisure.

Kelham.