I love how lawyers talk. How did they ever develop that style? So strange.
It isn’t style. It’s gibberish. Thus ‘practice law’, ‘interpret the law’. It takes a heck of a lot of practice to interpret.
Why did New Jersey get all the toxic waste and New York got all the lawyers?
New jersey got first pick.
“I love how lawyers talk. How did they ever develop that style? So strange.”
Yes, strange. But in order to convict someone of a crime you have to allege that every jot and tittle of the law has been satisfied. Thus, they basically quote the law as written and allege it has been wholly violated by the defendant. As to the “On or about”, that is defensive so a defendant can’t claim the act in question happened at 12:01 am the following day instead of 11:59 the day before. Any defect in pleading can at least delay the process as you seek to amend it. So the pleading is as inclusive as possible. It’s an art, a lousy art but an art.