Meaning of chance-medley | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The killing of another in self-defence upon a sudden and unpremeditated encounter.
   countable, historical, uncountable
2. Luck; chance; accident.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“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.”

“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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