Chance-medley
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Chance-medley is a noun meaning (law, historical) The killing of another in self-defence upon a sudden and unpremeditated encounter.
Meaning
(law, historical) The killing of another in self-defence upon a sudden and unpremeditated encounter.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) Luck; chance; accident.
Example Sentences
Though much depends on what thy choice shall be, / Is all chance-medley, and unknown to me.
This is true in the general right of marriage, but not in the chance-medley of every particular match.
Manſlaughter, otherwiſe called Chancemedley, is when two do fight together upon the ſudden, and by meer Chance, without any Malice precedent, and one of them doth kill the other; this alſo is Felony of Death.
Word Forms
- chance-medleys
- chancemedley
Synonyms for chance-medley
Depending on context, synonyms include manslaught, manslaughter, fortune, hap.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include chaud-medley, amicide, counterkilling, murdercide, encounter, countermurder.
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