legal holiday

The day, dedicated to the memory of heroes fallen in the Civil War, the thirtieth of May, was a legal holiday.

Theodosius is much stricter; and the climax is reached with Justinian, when Sunday has become a legal holiday.

When post-dated checks fall due on Sunday or a legal holiday they should be presented on the day following.

Congress made Labor Day a legal holiday in 1894, but failed to placate the unions.

Now the law says that banks shall keep open during certain hours on every business day, which is not a legal holiday.