Law Dictionary Definitions

Friday market.See MARKET.[Blacks Law 8th]

fresh start.Bankruptcy. The favorable financial status obtained by a debtor who receives a release from personal liability on prepetition debts or who reorganizes debt obligations through the confirmation and completion of a bankruptcy plan. [Cases: Bankruptcy 2363.1.][Blacks Law 8th]

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.…

fresh force.Hist. Force, such as disseisin or deforcement, newly done. • This term refers to force used in a town, and for which a remedy (the Assize of Fresh Force) existed. See assize of fresh force under ASSIZE(8).[Blacks Law 8th]

fresh fine.See FINE(5).[Blacks Law 8th]

fresh disseisin.See DISSEISIN.[Blacks Law 8th]

fresh-complaint rule.The theory that the credibility of a sexual-assault victim is bolstered if the victim reports the assault soon after it occurs. • Most courts no longer recognize this theory. [Cases: Rape 48(1)–49, 49.2. C.J.S. Rape §§ 62, 72–77.][Blacks Law 8th]

fresh complaint.A reasonably prompt lodging of a grievance; esp., a victim’s prompt report of a sexual assault to someone trustworthy. [Cases: Criminal Law 366; Rape 48(1)–49, 49.2. C.J.S. Criminal Law § 874; Rape §§ 62, 72–77.][Blacks Law 8th]

fresh,adj. Recent; not stale; characterized by newness without any material interval.[Blacks Law 8th]

F reorganization.See REORGANIZATION(2).[Blacks Law 8th]