RULE AGAINST

pyramiding inferences rule against

glossary / PYRAMIDING INFERENCES, RULE AGAINST

pyramiding inferences, rule against. Evidence. A rule prohibiting a fact-finder from piling one inference on another to arrive at a conclusion. • Today this rule is followed in only a few jurisdictions. Cf. REASONABLE-INFERENCE RULE. [Cases: Criminal Law 306; Evidence 54. C.J.S. Evidence §§ 130, 132–133, 1341.]

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accumulations rule against

glossary / ACCUMULATIONS, RULE AGAINST

accumulations, rule against. The rule that a direction to accumulate income from property — the income to be distributed later to certain beneficiaries — is valid only if confined to the perpetuity period. Cf. RULE AGAINST PERPETUITIES . [Cases: Perpetuities 9. C.J.S. Perpetuities § 45.]

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