fresh pursuit

fresh pursuit definition - legal

n

Law enforcement: the pursuit of a suspect in flight. A police officer may leave his or her jurisdiction while in active pursuit, or may search a building the suspect has entered without first obtaining a warrant.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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