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Bank holidays
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Holiday, or Holyday
humiliation, or thanksgiving; and the day appointed to be kept as the King's birthday. See also VACATION. The Bank Holidays Act, 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 17), provides that Easter Monday, the Monday in Whitsun-week, the first … first Monday in August, and the 26th day of December, if a week day, shall be kept as bank holidays in England and Ireland, and New Year's day, Christmas-day (or, if either be a Sunday, the following day),
New Year's Day
thenceforth to commence in that kingdom on the 1st January instead of the 25th March. By the (English) Bank Holidays Act, 1871 (34 Vict. c. 17), New Year's Day is made a bank holiday in Scotland, and bills,
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Business day
Exchange Act,1882, s. 92 provides that any day other than (a) Sunday, Good Friday, Christmas Day, (b) a bank holiday, (c) a day appointed by royal proclamation as a public fast or thanksgiving, is a business day.
Days of grace
the preceding business day, or on the succeeding business day if the last day of grace is a bank holiday (other than Christmas Day or Good Friday), or if the last day of grace is a Sunday
Whitsuntide
the 34 & 35 Vict. c. 17, and 38 & 39 Vict. c. 13, made a holiday in banks, custom-houses, docks, inland revenue offices, and bonding-warehouses. Whit Monday is a holiday in the several courts and offices
Easter
upon a Sunday, Easter Day is the Sunday after, Book of Common Prayer. Easter Monday is made a Bank Holiday by (English) 34 & 35 Vict. c. 17, and 38 & 39 Vict. c. 13.
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