Excessive
A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
Surpassing in amount, degree, or extent that which is usual, reasonable, proper or lawful in the particular case: as, excessive — bail, damage, distress, fine, taxation, qq. v. To constitute bail excessive it must be per se unreasonably great and clearly disproportionate to the offense involved, or the peculiar circumstances appearing must show it to be so in the particular case.^