New Jersey Revised Statutes § 2a:155-2 - Definitions

2A:155-2. Definitions
As used in this chapter:

"State" shall include the District of Columbia.

"Fresh pursuit" shall include fresh pursuit as defined by the common law, and also the pursuit of a person who has committed a felony or who is reasonably suspected of having committed a felony. It shall also include the pursuit of a person suspected of having committed a supposed felony, though no felony has actually been committed, if there is reasonable ground for believing that a felony has been committed. Fresh pursuit as used herein shall not necessarily imply instant pursuit, but pursuit without unreasonable delay.

"Felony" shall include high misdemeanor.

L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.


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