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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

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Vacation

Vacation (vacation)
n.(?)
Va*ca"tion
[F., fr. L. vacatio a being free from a duty, service, etc., fr. vacare. See Vacate.]

  1. The act of vacating; a making void or of no force; as, the vacation of an office or a charter.
  2. Intermission of a stated employment, procedure, or office; a period of intermission; rest; leisure.

    It was not in his nature, however, at least till years had chastened it, to take any vacation from controversy. Palfrey.

    Hence, specifically: -

    (a) (Law)













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November 20, 2008
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