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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
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)
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