Bail Money

What does Bail Money mean in American Law?

The definition of Bail Money in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

Formally, cash deposited as bail as contrasted with a bond or undertaking, but in colloquial legal talk it encompasses all forms of bail, as in “Get that bondsman down here with the bail money, and I mean now.”

Bail Money