• For example, if a statute or contract requires a party to give another party five clear days of notice of a hearing, and the hearing is scheduled to be held on the 31st day of the month, the party giving notice must do so by the 25th day of the month so that five full (clear) days elapse between but not including the 25th and 31st.
clear day
One of many full, consecutive days between (1) the date when a period, measured in days, begins and (2) the date when an event that ends the period occurs.
