CLEAR

Plain; evident; free from doubt.or conjecture; also, unincumbered; free from deductions or draw-backs. -Clear annual value. The net yearly value to the po e or of the property,· over and abqve taxes, interest on mort~ages, and other char-· ges and deductions. Groton v. Box borough, 6 Ma . 56; Marsh v. Hammond, 103 Ma . 149; Shelton v. Campbell, 109 Tenn. 690, 72 S. W. 112.-Clear annuity, The devise of an annuity "clear'' means an annuity free from taxes (Hodgworth v. Crawley, 2 Atk. 376) or free or clear of legacy or inheritance taxes. In re Bispham's Estate, 24 Wkly. Notes Oas. (Pa.) 79.-Clear days. If a certain number of clear days be given for the doing of any, act, the time is to be reckoned exclusively, as well of the first day as the last. Rex v. Justices, 3 Barn. & Aid. 581; Hodgins v. Hancock, 1.,1 Mees. & W. 120; State T. Marvin. 12 Iowa, [s. 213]