noun
or fresh suit
Etymology: fresh pursuit probably translation of Anglo-French fresche sute; fresh suit from Middle English vers siute (translation of Anglo-French fresche sute ), from fresh, fersh, vers fresh + sute pursuit — more at suit
: a pursuit undertaken immediately or while the circumstances still indicate a reasonable chance for success to recapture property illegally taken or being moved in violation of law, to claim property in something not yet reduced to ownership, or to capture someone detected in a violation of law