Excessive Bail
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
Bail which is perse unreasonably great and clearly disproportionate to the offence involved, or which under the peculiar circumstances appearing is shown to be so in the particular case.
Ex parte Ryan, 44 Cal. 558; Ex parte Duncan, 53 Cal. 410.