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Chance-Medley
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Chance medley
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, ... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chance_medley
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chance-medley
[n] - unpremeditated killing of a human being in self defense Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=chance-medley
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Chance-medley
Chance'-med`ley noun [ Chance + medley .] 1. (Law) The killing of another in self-defense upon a sudden and unpremeditated encounter. See Chaud-Medley . » The term has been sometimes applied to any kind of homic... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/53
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chance-medley
noun unpremeditated killing of a human being in self defense Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=chance-medley
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Chance-medley
• (n.) Luck; chance; accident. • (n.) The killing of another in self-defense upon a sudden and unpremeditated encounter. See Chaud-Medley. Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/chance-medley/
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Chance-Medley
Chance-Medley is a now obsolete legal term which has been replaced by the term 'manslaughter'. It described a homicide which occurred either in self-defence, on a sudden quarrel, or in the commission of an unlawful act without any deliberate intention of doing mischief. Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/AC.HTM
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