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cleanup doctrine.The jurisdictional principle that once an equity court has acquired jurisdiction over a case, it may decide both equitable and legal issues as long as the legal issues are ancillary to the equitable ones. [Cases: Equity  39. C.J.S. Equity § 73. [Blacks Law 8th]    

cleanup clause.In a loan agreement, a clause that calls for a loan to be repaid in full within a given period, after which no further loans will be afforded the debtor for a specified “cleanup” period. [Blacks Law 8th]

clean-slate rule.Criminal procedure. The doctrine that the double-jeopardy prohibition does not apply to the retrial of a defendant who appealed and obtained a reversal of an earlier conviction. [Cases: Double Jeopardy  107.1.] [Blacks Law 8th]    

clean letter of credit.See LETTER OF CREDIT. [Blacks Law 8th]

clean house,vb. Slang.1. To discharge a considerable number of employees, usu. in management, so that new employees may be brought in. 2. To sell securities not meeting an investor’s requirements. [Blacks Law 8th]

clean-hands doctrine.The principle that a party cannot seek equitable relief or assert an equitable defense if that party has violated an equitable principle, such as good faith. • Such a party is described as having “unclean hands.” For example, § 8 of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act contains an unclean-hands provision that forbids a court…

clean draft.See DRAFT. [Blacks Law 8th]

clean bill of lading.See BILL OF LADING.[Blacks Law 8th]

clean bill.See BILL(3). [Blacks Law 8th]

CLE.abbr.CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION.