chance-medley

• Termo jurídico inglês que designa o homicídio cometido sem premeditação, geralmente em legítima defesa ou durante uma briga repentina, podendo também se referir a um homicídio involuntário ou acidental.

A noun referring to an unpremeditated killing of a human being in self-defense.

1. Unpremeditated killing in self-defenseC2formalbritishlegal

   The accidental or unintentional killing of a person while acting in self-defense, without prior planning or malice.

   Homicídio sem premeditação em legítima defesa

   • The court ruled the death a chance-medley, as the defendant acted only to protect himself.
   • In medieval law, chance-medley was distinguished from murder by the lack of premeditation.
   • The jury accepted the plea of chance-medley, recognizing the sudden threat the accused faced.