FRESH

Immediate; recent; following without any material Interval. Fresh disseisin. By the ancient common law, where a man had been disseised, he was allowed to right himself by force, by ejecting the disseisor from the premises, without resort to law, provided this was done forthwith, while the disseisin was fresh, (flagrante disseisina.) Bract, fol. 1626. No particular time was limited for doing this, but Bracton suggested it should be fifteen days. Id. fol. 163. See Britt. cc. 32, 43. 44, 65. Fresh fine. In old English law. A fine that had been levied within a year past. St. Westm. 2, c. 45; Cowell. Fresh force. Force done within forty days. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 7; Old Nat. Brev. 4. The heir or reversioner in a case of disseisin by fresh force was allowed a remedy in chancery by bill before the mayor. Cowell. Fresh pursuit. A pursuit instituted immediately, and with intent to reclaim or recapture, after an animal escaped, a thief flywg with stolen goods, etc. People v. Pool, 27 Cal. 578; White v. State, 70 Miss. 253. 11 South. 632. Fresh suit. 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.” Stanndef. P. C. lib. 3, cc. 10, 12; 1 Bl. Comm. 297.