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Definition of Vacat
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Evacate Evacate E*va"cate, v. t. [Pref. e- + vacate.]
To empty. [Obs.] --Harvey.
Vacation Vacation Va*ca"tion, n. [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) 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.
Vacatur Vacatur Va*ca"tur, n. [NL., it is made void, fr. L. vacare to
be empty. See Vacant.] (Law)
An order of court by which a proceeding is set aside or
annulled.
