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legal holiday definition

☆ legal holiday

a holiday set by statute, during which government and, usually, business affairs are suspended, schools and courts are closed, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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