chance-medley

chance-med·ley

(chăns′mĕd′lē)n. A random, haphazard action or occurrence.

[Middle English chaunce medley, manslaughter, from Norman French chance medlee, mixed accident : Old French chance, accident; see chance + Old French medlee, mixed; see medley.]

chance-medley

n (Law) law a sudden quarrel in which one party kills another; unintentional but not blameless killing [C15: from Anglo-French chance medlee mixed chance]

chance′-med`ley

n. 1. a homicide during a chance encounter. 2. aimless, random action. [1485–95; < Anglo-French chance medlee]

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chance-medley - an unpremeditated killing of a human being in self defensemanslaughter - homicide without malice aforethoughtlaw, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

chance-medley

a sudden quarrel in which one party kills another; unintentional but not blameless killing.

CHANCE-MEDLEY, criminal law. A sudden affray. This word is sometimes applied to any kind of homicide by misadventure, but in strictness it is applicable to such killing only as happens se defendendo. (q.v.) 4 Bl. Com. 184.

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noun an unpremeditated killing of a human being in self defense

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