LIGHT MOST FAVORABLE

light most favorable.The standard of scrutinizing or interpreting a verdict by accepting as true all evidence and inferences that support it and disregarding all contrary evidence and inferences <in reviewing the defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, the court reviewed the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict>. — Also termed most favorable light. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure  2543, 2609.] LIGHTS, ANCIENT lights, ancient.See ANCIENT-LIGHTS DOCTRINE.
[Blacks Law 8th]