medley
medley (med-lee). An affray; sudden or casual fighting. Cf. CHANCE-MEDLEY.
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chance medley
chance-medley. [fr. Anglo-Norman chance medlee “chance scuffle”] A spontaneous fight during which one participant kills another in self-defense. — Also termed chaud-medley; casual affray. Cf. MEDLEY. “But the self-defence, which we are now speaking of, is that whereby a man may protect himself from an assault, or the like, in the course of a sudden
chaud-medley
chaud-medley n. 激情杀人 指在激烈的冲突中由于感情激愤而杀人，它与自卫杀人〔chance-medley〕的区别在于，后者是在突发冲突中出于自卫而杀人。但也有人认为，这种区别并不十分重要。 (→homicide)
chance-medley
chance-medley n. 卫杀人 刑法上的一种偶发的殴斗行为，系因在突发的争执中一方受对方袭击而引起，在拒绝继续打斗后，仍受对方攻击，出于自卫而将对方杀死。在广义上，该词亦指任何意外杀人。
chaud melle
chaud melle 激情杀人 苏格兰古刑法的用语，指没有预谋而因为一时的激愤而突然杀人。在宗教改革之前，犯有此罪的人有权躲进教堂寻求庇护。后来它被吸收进应被惩罚的杀人罪〔culpable homicide〕当中。(→chance-medley)
affray
affray ([schwa]-fray). The fighting, by mutual consent, of two or more persons in some public place, to the terror of onlookers. • The fighting must be mutual. If one person unlawfully attacks another who resorts to self-defense, the first is guilty of assault and battery, but there is no affray. — Also termed fray. Cf.