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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.
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