pursual

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

pursual
    n 1: the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture;
         "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in
         pursuit" [syn: {pursuit}, {chase}, {pursual}, {following}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pursual \Pur*su"al\, n.
   The act of pursuit. [R.]
   [1913 Webster]