bail clause
Bail Clause. The clause in the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibiting excessive bail. • This clause was derived from similar language in England’s Bill of Rights (1689).
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hell or high water clause
hell-or-high-water clause. A clause in a personal-property lease requiring the lessee to continue to make full rent payments to the lessor even if the thing leased is unsuitable, defective, or destroyed. [Cases: Bailment 20. C.J.S. Bailments §§ 76–78.]
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