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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Chance-medley \Chance"-med`ley\, n. [Chance + medley.]
1. (Law) The killing of another in self-defense upon a sudden
and unpremeditated encounter. See {Chaud-Medley}.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The term has been sometimes applied to any kind of
homicide by misadventure, or to any accidental killing
of a person without premeditation or evil intent, but,
in strictness, is applicable to such killing as happens
in defending one's self against assault. --Bouvier.
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2. Luck; chance; accident. --Milton. --Cowper.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chance-medley
n 1: an unpremeditated killing of a human being in self defense
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