Not a lawyer but a lawyer once attempted to explain this common legalese pattern to me. Here’s my terrible attempt:
It’s not like a programming type system where C widens the type to make A and B meaningless. It’s that A and B are communicating intent. “It’s meant for these things… and maybe something else we don’t yet know.” Apparently this is important if you ever had to fight over it.
It’s not like a programming type system where C widens the type to make A and B meaningless. It’s that A and B are communicating intent. “It’s meant for these things… and maybe something else we don’t yet know.” Apparently this is important if you ever had to fight over it.