Clearance
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A certificate given by the collector of a port, in which it is stated that the master or commander (naming him) of a ship or vessel named and described, bound for a port named, and having on board goods described, in case the master requires the particulars of his cargo to be stated in such clearance, has entered and cleared his ship or vessel according to law.