The summer break of three months taken by universities and (formerly) law courts.
〈英〉（历时三个月的）大学暑假；（旧时为期三个月的）法院夏季休庭期
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As part of such professional standards, every school's staff must use one month of the long vacation for review, training, and planning as a body.
Unofficially, it was a way of celebrating the departure of the undergraduates for the long vacation.
It is pleasant to record that despite the volume of business in this court and the incidence of the long vacation, we have been able to hear this appeal within five months of the lodging of the notice of appeal in the Civil Appeals Office.
It is extended to students somewhat forcibly, to attend morning school during the long vacation to avoid being kept down the following year.
Adding to this week's usual back-to-school rush has been another perennial problem which adds to the upheaval for parents, students and teachers alike that surrounds the end of the long vacation.