- legal residuum rule
- The rule that, even though an administrative agency is not bound by the rules and evidence applicable in court and may accept, in its discretion, any evidence that is offered, still in the end there must be a residuum of legal evidence to support the finding of the administrative agency. Carroll v Knickerbocker Ice Co. 218 NY 435, 113 NE 507.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.