Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

stop and frisk

n. A police officer's brief detention, questioning, and search of a person for a concealed weapon when the officer reasonably suspects that the person has committed or is about to commit a crime. 9 The stop and frisk, which can be conducted without a warrant or probable cause, was held constitutional by the Supreme Court in Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868 (1968). - Also termed investigatory stop; Terry stop. See REASONABLE SUSPICION.