chaud-medley
noun
variants or chaud-melle or chaud-mella
plural -s
1
Scots law : an affray in the heat of passion
2
Scots law : the wounding or killing of a person in a chaud-medley without premeditation
Word History
Etymology
chaud-medley, chaud-mella, alteration of chaud-melle; chaud-melle from Middle English chaudmellee, chawdmelle, from Middle French chaude mellee, literally, hot fight