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excessive bail — n. Bail set in an amount greater than that required to prevent the accused from fleeing, prohibited by the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney… … Law dictionary
excessive — excessive, immoderate, inordinate, extravagant, exorbitant, extreme are comparable when meaning characterized by going beyond or above its proper, just, or right limit. Excessive implies an amount, quantity, or extent too great to be just,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Excessive bail — The Excessive bail provision of the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution is based on an old English common law right of Englishmen and the British Bill of Rights. It is considered a fundamental right by the Supreme Court of the… … Wikipedia
excessive — adjective Date: 14th century exceeding what is usual, proper, necessary, or normal • excessively adverb • excessiveness noun Synonyms: excessive, immoderate, inordinate, extravagant, exorbitant, extreme mean going beyond a normal limit. excessive … New Collegiate Dictionary
amount — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, copious amounts, enormous, huge, immense, incredible, large, massive, significant, substantial … Collocations dictionary
excessive — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, seem ▪ become ▪ consider sth, regard sth as, see sth as ▪ He considered the level o … Collocations dictionary
excessive — [[t]ɪkse̱sɪv[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe the amount or level of something as excessive, you disapprove of it because it is more or higher than is necessary or reasonable. ...the alleged use of excessive force by police... The… … English dictionary
excessive bail — The 8th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as well as the constitutions of the various states, prohibits excessive bail. Refers to bail in a sum more than will be reasonably sufficient to prevent evasion of the law by flight or concealment; bail … Black's law dictionary
excessive bail — The 8th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as well as the constitutions of the various states, prohibits excessive bail. Refers to bail in a sum more than will be reasonably sufficient to prevent evasion of the law by flight or concealment; bail … Black's law dictionary
excessive verdict — A verdict which is result of passion or prejudice. Babb v. Murray, 26 Cal.App.2d 153, 79 P.2d 159, 160. The test of whether a verdict is excessive is whether the amount thereof is such to shock the conscience of the court. Scheidegger v. i… … Black's law dictionary
