Not less than definition
Not less than means that the minimum amount that Congress expects will be obligated or expended. This is often referred to as a floor.
Not less than so many days or weeks means ‘clear’ days or weeks, as the authorities indicate since Chambers v Smith. That construction of the phrase in the statutes is equally recognised in the construction of deeds and other writings. See Norton on Deeds [2nd Ed] at p 185. A period of ‘not less than’ a month’s notice accordingly means a period of one month excluding the day from which it ran and the day on which the notice expired. Where the parties to a document use terms which have an established meaning in law, they will usually be taken to have used them in that established meaning.
Not less than so many days or weeks means ‘clear’ days or weeks. A period of “not less than” a month’s notice accordingly means a period of one month excluding the day from which it ran and the day on which the notice expired. Where the parties to a document use terms which have an established meaning in law, they will usually be taken to have used them in that established meaning. The appellant gave the respondent a calendar month’s salary in lieu of notice, which was all the respondent was entitled to and not six months as found by the Court of Appeal. The defendant therefore acted within the provision of clause 9 of the agreement relative to the length of notice for its termination. R v Turner [1910] 1 KB 346 applied.