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Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

In old English law

Immediate and unremitting pursuit of an escaping thief. "Such a present and earnest following of a robber as never ceases from the time of the robbery until apprehension. # The party pursuing then had back again his goods, which otherwise were forfeited to the crown."

Staundef.

P. C. lib.

3, cc. 10, 12; 1 Bl. Comm. 297.