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It means that they have identified acts back to 2019 but are not foreclosing on finding more acts earlier.
by outside1234 4y ago
It means that they have identified acts back to 2019 but are not foreclosing on finding more acts earlier.
- hammock 4y agoThat’s what “at least” means. The “in or about” is separate, and means they found things that may have been in 2019 but are not foreclosing that those particular things may have occurred at a different time
- mh- 4y agooops, I didn't see your reply when I posted mine. yours is a clearer explanation.
- jeffbee 4y agoThings that happened earlier than 2019 have dates less than 2019, no?
- outside1234 4y agoThe law is definitely not a formal grammar like we have in computer languages, yes. :)
- mh- 4y ago(not a lawyer) there are two separate things here. "on or about" (s/on/in, in this case) is an expression[0] that indicates an approximation. hedging in case it actually happened in, say, 2018 or 2020. the "at least" is what you'd think, of course. combining the two in this way feels awkward, but it's common usage [1]. [0] https://www.nolo.com/dictionary/on-or-about-term.html https://www.nolo.com/dictionary/on-or-about-term.html [1] https://www.google.com/search?q=%22at+least+on+or+about%22 https://www.google.com/search?q=%22at+least+on+or+about%22