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chance-med⋅ley

  [chans-med-lee, chahns-]
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–noun Law.
1. a killing occurring during a sudden and unpredicted encounter.
2. aimless and random action.
Origin:
1485–95; < AF chance medlee
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chance-med·ley   (chāns'měd'lē)
n.  A random, haphazard action or occurrence.

[Middle English chaunce medley, manslaughter, from Norman French chance medlee, mixed accident : Old French chance, accident; see chance + Old French medlee, mixed; see medley.]
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