legal holiday
noun
: a holiday established by legal authority and marked by restrictions on work and transaction of official business
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Adults or minors can be detained for no longer than 72 hours, though that time frame can vary if the examination includes a weekend or legal holiday.
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Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
City of Chicago offices, for instance, will be closed, but Delaware doesn’t recognize this as a legal holiday.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2024
Countryman said Pulaski’s birthday should be honored in a commemorative way, like St. Patrick’s Day, not with a legal holiday.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
Congress has not established any national holidays that are mandatory across all states, leaving each state the autonomy to determine its own legal holidays.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
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Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
City of Chicago offices, for instance, will be closed, but Delaware doesn’t recognize this as a legal holiday.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2024
Countryman said Pulaski’s birthday should be honored in a commemorative way, like St. Patrick’s Day, not with a legal holiday.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
Congress has not established any national holidays that are mandatory across all states, leaving each state the autonomy to determine its own legal holidays.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for legal holiday
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“Legal holiday.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/legal%20holiday. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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