Medletum
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In old English law
A mixing together; a medley or melee; an aflfray or sudden encounter; an offense suddenly committed in an affray. The English word "medley" is preserved in the term "chance medley." An intermeddling, without violence, in any matter of business.
Spelman.