"chance-medley" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1618, Michael Dalton, chapter CXLVI, in The Country Justice, Savoy: Henry Lintot, published 1746, page 333:",
          "text": "Manſlaughter, otherwiſe called Chancemedley, is when two do fight together upon the ſudden, and by meer Chance, without any Malice precedent, and one of them doth kill the other; this alſo is Felony of Death.",
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        "The killing of another in self-defence upon a sudden and unpremeditated encounter."
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        "(law, historical) The killing of another in self-defence upon a sudden and unpremeditated encounter."
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          "ref": "1784, William Cowper, Tirocinium; Or, A Review of Schools:",
          "text": "Though much depends on what thy choice shall be, / Is all chance-medley, and unknown to me.",
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        "Luck; chance; accident."
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        "(obsolete) Luck; chance; accident."
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