chance-med|ley

chance-med|ley
chance-med|ley «CHANS MEHD lee, CHAHNS-», noun.
Law. accidental homicide in which some blame is attached to the killer.
[< Anglo-French chance medlée mixed chance (happening) < Old French cheance chance, and medler meddle]

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