Medley
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
An affray; a sudden or casual fighting; a hand to hand battle; a melee. See "Chance Medley;" "Chaud Medley.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
An affray; a sudden or casual fighting; a hand-to-hand battle; a mei^.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
An affray; a sudden or casual fighting; a hand to hand battle; a méldéa, See CHANCE-~MEDLEY; CHAUD-MEDLEY.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
A melee; confused fight; affray. Chance-medley. A casual affray. A killing in self-defense upon a sudden encounter. Cliaud-inedley.5 An affray in the heat of blood or passion. Both terms are about obsolete.