stop and frisk statute

stop and frisk statute
stop and frisk statute n: a state law that allows a police officer to stop any person without making an arrest based on a reasonable suspicion that the person has committed or is about to commit a crime

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

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