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Chaud-Medley

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

A homicide committed in the heat of an affray and while under the influence of passion ; it is thus distinguished from chance-medley, which is the killing of a man in a casual affray in self-defense.

4 Bl. Comm. 184. See 1 Russ. Crimes, 660.