Category:Vacation

Va*ca"tion, n. Etym: [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)

Defn: intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time between The end of one term and the beginning of the next; nonterm; recess. "with lawyers in the vacation." Shak. (b) the intermission of the regular studies and exercises of an Educational institution between terms; holidays; as, the spring Vacation. (c) the time when an office is vacant; esp. (eccl.), the time when a See, or other spiritual dignity, is vacant.