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chance-medley

noun

Etymology

From Old French chance medlée, literally "mingled chance", with postpositive adjective (often confused because of the fact that medley is also a noun).

  1. derived from chance medlée

Definitions

  1. The killing of another in self-defence upon a sudden and unpremeditated encounter.

    • 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.

  2. Luck

    Luck; chance; accident.

    • This is true in the general right of marriage, but not in the chance-medley of every particular match.
    • Though much depends on what thy choice shall be, / Is all chance-medley, and unknown to me.

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