SCINTILLA JURIS
scintilla juris (sin-til-<<schwa>> joor-is). [Law Latin “a spark of right”] Hist. A fragment of
law or right. • This refers to a figurative expression in the law of uses providing a trace of seisin
rights to remain in the feoffees sufficient to allow contingent uses to be executed under the Statute
of Uses. It was abolished in the Law of Property Amendment Act of 1860. See STATUTE OF
USES . [Blacks Law 8th]