| 单词 | manslaughter by chance-medley |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmanslaughter by chance-medley a. Law. Accident or casualty not purely accidental, but of a mixed character. Chiefly in manslaughter by chance-medley (for which later writers often use chance-medley itself): ‘the casual killing of a man, not altogether without the killer's fault, though without an evil intent; homicide by misadventure; homicide mixt’ (Cowel). ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > man-killing or homicide > [noun] > in law manslaughtera1325 misadventurea1325 chance-medleya1513 death by misadventure1800 homicide by misadventure1800 society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > criminal intent > act not purely accidental chance-medleya1513 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cxxix Sir Thomas de Agorne..was by chaunce medley slayne of a Bryton knyght. 1530–1 Act 22 Hen. VIII c. 14 Sayntuary for that..offence of..manslaughter by chaunce medly. 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke iii. viii. 74 b That had doen any murther unware or by chauncemedly. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 390 If a man had committed manslaughter by chauncemedley. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 44/1 William Rufus..receiued his deaths wound by casualtie or chancemedlie. 1620 J. Wilkinson Treat. Statutes conc. Coroners & Sherifes (new ed.) 9 To put a difference betweene homicide by chaunce-medley and murder. 1631 J. Taylor Sudden Turn Fortunes Wheel (1848) Pref. Is hap turn'd haples, or is chance chance medly? 1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. Manslaughter..differs from Murder, because it is not done with foregoing malice; and from Chancemedley, because it has a present intent to kill. 1742 London Mag. 359 The Jury found it Chance Medley. 1855 G. Brimley Ess. (1858) i. 82 Why does..Hamlet, after murdering Polonius, die by chance medley? < as lemmas |
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