scintilla
41scintilla — n spark, gleam, glimmer; trace, touch, hint, trifle, tinge, suggestion, suspicion, soupcon, tincture, Archaic. spice, shadow; modicum, iota, bit, mite, speck, smidgen, Inf. smitch; molecule, atom, jot, whit, tittle, straw, pin; dot, point, dab,… …
42scintilla — scin·til·la …
43scintilla — n. (pl. lae ) spark; atom. ♦ scintillant, a. sparkling. ♦ scintillescent, a. twinkling. ♦ scintillometer, n. instrument measuring scintillation of star. ♦ scintillate, v.i. sparkle. ♦ scintillation, n …
44scintilla — /sintila/ A spark; a remaining particle; a trifle; the least particle …
45scintilla — n. 1 a trace. 2 a spark. Etymology: L …
46scintilla of evidence — piece of evidence, item of evidence, item of proof …
47scintilla juris — /sintila jiiras/ In real property law, a spark of right or interest. By this figurative expression was denoted the small particle of interest, which, by a fiction of law, was supposed to remain in a feoffee to uses, sufficient to support… …
48scintilla juris — A particle of right; a spark of interest …
49scintilla of evidence — The least particle of evidence, a mere trifle of evidence. Offutt v Columbian Exposition, 175 Ill 472, 476, 51 NE 651 …
50scintilla rule — The rule, now very generally rejected or abandoned in most jurisdictions, that a verdict is never directed for a party if there is any evidence, slight though it may be, in favor of the other party. 53 Am J1st Trial § 356. The rule that if there… …