Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In law, the killing of a man in an affray in the heat of blood or passion: a word often erroneously used as synonymous with chance-medley.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Law) The killing of a person in an affray, in the heat of blood, and while under the influence of passion, thus distinguished from
chance-medley or killing in self-defense, or in a casual affray.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law, obsolete The
killing of a person in anaffray , in theheat ofblood , and while under theinfluence ofpassion , distinguished fromchance-medley or killing inself-defence orcasual affray.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Yeah, well I was trying to finesse that whole “chance-medley”/“chaud-medley” can of worms, but now that you’re opened it, watch outbelow.
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Yeah, well I was trying to finesse that whole “chance-medley”/ “chaud-medley” can of worms, but now that you’re opened it, watch outbelow.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Drone Warfare: The Upbeat News About the Obama Administration 2010
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