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It's acceptable legalese. Legal writing uses many conventions not commonly used in day-to-day writing. This same usage of at is applied in legal descriptions of real estate as well, often describing a property as being at a city or at a county rather than in it. Legal jargon has evolved expressly for legal purposes, so ex curia, it is often not standard fare. However, to be fair, such linguistic oddities are not exclusive to the field of law and its jargon. It is quite usual for an industry or a field to have special words and grammar that is understood by its members and a few others in the know but not by lay persons. Such is the nature of jargon: to create or bend language in order to widely meet specialized needs. (责任编辑：) |