chance-medley
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chance-medley
Where it comes from
From Old French chance medlée, literally "mingled chance", with postpositive adjective (often confused because of the fact that medley is also a noun).
noun chance-medleys · chancemedley
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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.
Similar: manslaught, manslaughter
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Luck; chance; accident.
This is true in the general right of marriage, but not in the chance-medley of every particular match.
Similar: fortune
Similar: hap
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noun
Similar: hap
Talk about this word "chance-medley." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/chance-medley. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. chance-medley. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/chance-medley "chance-medley." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/chance-medley.Cite this
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title = {chance-medley},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
