legal holiday
noun
: a holiday established by legal authority and marked by restrictions on work and transaction of official business
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Congress quickly passed an act making Labor Day a legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the territories.
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Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2025
Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025
After 23 states had adopted the holiday by 1894, Congress followed suit at the federal level on June 28, 1894, and passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Tax Day is the next business day if April 15 falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 14 Apr. 2025
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Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2025
Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025
After 23 states had adopted the holiday by 1894, Congress followed suit at the federal level on June 28, 1894, and passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Tax Day is the next business day if April 15 falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 14 Apr. 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 10 Sep. 2025.
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