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Clear days

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

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 Bam. & Aid. 581; Hodgins v. Hancock, 14 Mees. & W. 120; Slate v. Marvin, 12 Iowa, 502.