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.]
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
unpremeditated killing of a human being in self defense
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Chance medley (from the Anglo-French chance-medlee, a mixed chance), is a term from English law used to describe a homicide arising from a sudden quarrel or fight. The term distinguishes a killing that lacks malice aforethought necessary for murder, on the one hand, and pure accident.
The term is, therefore, a practical synonym with the modern "manslaughter."
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