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Chance medley - Wikipedia
a term from English law used to describe a homicide arising from a sudden quarrel or fight. In other words, the term describes the casual killing of a man.
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CHANCE-MEDLEY Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of CHANCE-MEDLEY is accidental homicide not entirely without fault of the killer but without evil intent.
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CHANCE-MEDLEY - The Law Dictionary
In 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 ...
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chance-medley
chance-medley (ˌtʃɑːnsˈmɛdlɪ, -æ-) [a. AF. chance medlée mixed or mingled chance or casualty: see chance; medler is a var. of mesler to mix, mingle: see meddle. From the fact that medley is also a n., and chance medley a possible combination in the sense of ‘fortuitous medley’, the meaning has often...
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CHANCE-MEDLEY Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
Chance-medley definition: a killing occurring during a sudden and unpredicted encounter.. See examples of CHANCE-MEDLEY used in a sentence.
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chance-medley - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Noun · (law, historical) The killing of another in self-defence upon a sudden and unpremeditated encounter. · 1618, Michael Dalton, chapter CXLVI, in The ...
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Chance medley
Chance medley (from the Anglo-French chance-medlee, a mixed chance), also 'chaunce medley' or 'chaude melle', is a term from English law used to describe An early version of voluntary manslaughter, "chance medley" was a common defense in the 16th and 17th centuries but had fallen out of use by the 18th century
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chance-medley | definition for kids - Kids Wordsmyth
definition: a sudden violent quarrel resulting in spontaneous homicide. Privacy Policy. ©2025 Wordsmyth.
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chance-medley, n. meanings, etymology and more
OED's earliest evidence for chance-medley is from before 1513, in the writing of Robert Fabyan, chronicler. chance-medley is a borrowing from French.
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Chance-medley. World English Historical Dictionary - WEHD.com
1. Law. Accident or casualty not purely accidental, but of a mixed character. Chiefly in Manslaughter by chance-medley (for which later writers often ...
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Chance-medley - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
an unpremeditated killing of a human being in self defense.
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[PDF] The Origin and Development of "Chance-Medley" in the Law of ...
It is generally agreed that the earliest situation in which an intentional homicide might be held to be manslaughter was a killing upon chance-medley' ...
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medley
▪ I. medley, n. and a. (ˈmɛdlɪ) Forms: 4 medlay, 4–5 medlee, 4–5, 7 medle, 5 medele, 5–8 medly, (5 medely, 6 medleye), 6–7 medlie, 7–8 meddly, 5– medley. [a. OF. medlee, var. of meslee (mod.F. mêlée: see mêlée):—vulgar L. type *misculāta, f. *misculāre to mix: see meddle v. Cf. Sp. mezclada, It. mes...
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Jennifer Reilly
In April, at the FINA Short Course World Championships, she finished fifth in the 400-metre individual medley, eighth in 200-metre individual medley and crown from Lara Carroll and in process earned the chance to defend her Commonwealth title.
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Dan Wallace (swimmer)
In 2011, Wallace won a silver medal for the 200-metre individual medley and a bronze for the 400-metre individual medley at the 2011 European Junior Swimming He said, "I'd done everything I wanted to do within the sport so it was just about enjoying the last moments, the last Games, and the last chance to represent
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