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Defined in 2 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Words frequently used in contracts to indicate an uncertain quantity. They have been said to mark emphatically the vendor’s purpose to guard himself against being supposed to have made an absolute promise as to quantity; 21 W. R. 609. There a sale of all the spars manufactured, say about 600, was held to be complied with by tender of 496 spars. See 2 B. & Ad. 106; Pembroke Iron Co. v. Parsons, 5 Gray (Mass.) 689; Robinson v. Noble, 8 Pet. (U. S.) 181, 8 L. Ed. 910.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
This phrase, llke "more or less," is frequently introduced into conveyances or centracts of sale, to indicate that the quantity of the subject-matter is uncertain, and is only estimated, and to guard the vendor against the implication of having warranted the quantity.