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Scintilla

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-004398

A very slight or minute amount of evidence. Under the modern standard in federal courts and most states, a mere scintilla of evidence is not enough to defeat summary judgment or a directed verdict, because the evidence must allow a reasonable jury to find for the party. An older scintilla rule, now largely abandoned, treated any evidence at all as enough to reach the jury.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-004398
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "Scintilla",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A very slight or minute amount of evidence. Under the modern standard in federal courts and most states, a mere scintilla of evidence is not enough to defeat summary judgment or a directed verdict, because the evidence must allow a reasonable jury to find for the party. An older scintilla rule, now largely abandoned, treated any evidence at all as enough to reach the jury.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/scintilla/"
}

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