Pursue — Law Dictionary

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

To cause one’s prosecution.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

To execute or carry out. Co. Litt. 52 a.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

To follow a matter judicially, as a complaining party. To pursue a warrant or authority, in the aid books, is'to execute it or carry it out. Co.. Litt. 52a.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

1. To follow, in order to overtake or obtain. Following immediately with intent to reclaim or recapture goods being carried off by a thief, or an escaping animal, is making " fresh pursuit." ^ 2. To use measures tp obtain; to prosecute; to continue: as, to pursue a remedy. Compare Suit, 1. See Happiness. ' People ex rel. Thomas v. Scott, 9 Col. 432, 430 (1886). = F. pourpris, a taking without authority; an enclosure,—4 BI. Com. 167. 3 [3 Story, Eq. 921, cases. < [4 Bl. Cora. 167. ' Wood, Nuisances, § 604. • Weber v. Harbor Commissioners, 18 Wall. 65 (1873); Angell. Tid. W. 108. ' Attorney-General v. Evart Booming Co., 34 Mich. 472-73 (1876), Cooley, C. J. See also Wood, Nuis. § 604; 2 Ct. CI. 401; 30 Ga. 612; 31 Minn. 302; 2 Johrts. Ch.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

&., to prosecute. Pursuer: a plaintiff. Purview (pourvu),/r. 1. Provided. 2. The enacting clause of a statute, the body; the scope of the act. Q. Q. B. The Queen's Bench, v. Court of King's Bench, Court, 8. Q. C. Queen's counsel. Q. V. (Quod vide), I. Which see; a reference to another title in a book.