Clear
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In a devise of money for the purchase of an annuity, this term means free from taxes, 2 Atk. 376. In the phrase “clear yearly value,” clear means free from all outgoings like a rentcharge, as losses by tenants and management, to which a rent charge is not liable.
2 Ves. 439, -