legal holiday
noun
: a holiday established by legal authority and marked by restrictions on work and transaction of official business
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City of Chicago offices, for instance, will be closed, but Delaware doesn’t recognize this as a legal holiday.
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2024
Each state gets to determine its legal holidays, the report states.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2024
And only in 1879 was his birthday formally made into a legal holiday for federal employees in the District of Columbia.
—Ben Finley, Quartz, 18 Feb. 2024
That bill would also allow the sale if the check isn’t completed within three days, excluding weekends and legal holidays.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2024
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2024
Each state gets to determine its legal holidays, the report states.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2024
And only in 1879 was his birthday formally made into a legal holiday for federal employees in the District of Columbia.
—Ben Finley, Quartz, 18 Feb. 2024
That bill would also allow the sale if the check isn’t completed within three days, excluding weekends and legal holidays.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2024
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“Legal holiday.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/legal%20holiday. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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