legal holiday
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of legal holiday
An Americanism dating back to 1865–70
Example Sentences
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Washington could become the first state in the U.S. to make Lunar New Year a paid legal holiday.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2023
The date became a legal holiday in 1879, and was later included in the Monday Holiday Law — which created the three-day weekend holiday — in 1968.
From Washington Times • Feb. 20, 2022
Although King was assassinated in 1968, legislation designating the third Monday in January—near his Jan. 15 birthday—as a legal holiday to honor him did not pass until 1983.
From Time • Jan. 13, 2017
Washington State does not recognize it as a legal holiday.
From New York Times • Oct. 9, 2016
In the United States there is no legal holiday in the sense of the English bank holidays.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
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