fresh pursuit

fresh pursuit.

1. The right of a police officer to make a warrantless search of a fleeing suspect or to cross jurisdictional lines to arrest a fleeing suspect. [Cases: Arrest 63.3; Automobiles 349(12). C.J.S. Arrest §§ 18–20.]

2. The right of a person to use reasonable force to retake property that has just been taken. — Also termed hot pursuit.

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译者筠怡，毕业于法国顶尖的高级翻译学院，擅长翻译各种与产品责任与集体侵权诉讼相关的法律文件。