CHANCE-MEDLEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chance-medley mean? 

• CHANCE-MEDLEY (noun)
  The noun CHANCE-MEDLEY has 1 sense:

1. an unpremeditated killing of a human being in self defense

  Familiarity information: CHANCE-MEDLEY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHANCE-MEDLEY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An unpremeditated killing of a human being in self defense

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("chance-medley" is a kind of...):

manslaughter (homicide without malice aforethought)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)