2A:156-2 - "Fresh pursuit"  defined

2A:156-2.   "Fresh pursuit"  defined
    The term  "fresh pursuit"  as used in this chapter shall include fresh pursuit as defined by the common law, and also the pursuit of a person who has committed a high misdemeanor or is reasonably suspected of having committed a high misdemeanor in this state, or who has committed or attempted to commit any  criminal offense in this state in the presence of the arresting officer referred to in section 2A:156-1 of this title, or for whom such officer holds a  warrant of arrest for a criminal offense.  It shall also include the pursuit of  a person suspected of having committed a supposed high misdemeanor in this  state, though no high misdemeanor has actually been committed, if there is  reasonable ground for so believing. Fresh pursuit as used herein shall not  necessarily imply instant pursuit, but pursuit without unreasonable delay.
 
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.