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On or about, means approximately; at or around the times specified. This language is used in pleading to prevent a variance between the pleading and the proof usu. when there is any uncertainty about the exact date of a pivotal event. When used in non-pleading contexts, the phrase is mere jargon, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1117