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.[Blacks Law 8th]