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chance-medley
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Chance-medley
(gcide) | Chance-medley \Chance"-med`ley\, n. [Chance + medley.]
1. (Law) The killing of another in self-defense upon a sudden
and unpremeditated encounter. See Chaud-Medley.
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Note: The term has been sometimes applied to any kind of
homicide by misadventure, or to any accidental killing
of a person without premeditation or evil intent, but,
in strictness, is applicable to such killing as happens
in defending one's self against assault. --Bouvier.
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2. Luck; chance; accident. --Milton. --Cowper.
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chance-medley
(wn) | chance-medley
n 1: an unpremeditated killing of a human being in self defense |
CHANCE-MEDLEY
(bouvier) | 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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chance-medley
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chance-medley
(wn) | chance-medley
n 1: an unpremeditated killing of a human being in self defense |
CHANCE-MEDLEY
(bouvier) | 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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