Chaud-medley

Webster's Condensed Dictionary- A Condensed Dictionary of the English Language · 1909 · p. 102

shod'med-lY, n. {Law.) The killing in an affray, while under the influence of pa ion, — opp. to chance-medley, killing in self-defense, or in a casual affray. fF. chaude meue", f chaud, hot, and meskr, meler, to mingle J