2A:155-2 - Definitions - New Jersey Statutes

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.