HOTPURSUIT

Hot pursuit

In law enforcement and law, hot pursuit refers the urgent and direct pursuit of a criminal suspect by law enforcement officers. Particularly under common law, such a situation grants the officers powers they otherwise would not have.

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hot pursuit

Noun

  1. pursuit of someone in order to apprehend him, especially across a border


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