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111medletum — /medliytam/ In old English law, a mixing together; a medley or melee; an affray or sudden encounter. An offense suddenly committed in an affray. The English word medley is preserved in the term chance medley. An intermeddling, without violence,… …
112mutual — Common to both parties. Interchangeable; reciprocal; each acting in return or correspondence to the other; given and received; spoken of an engagement or relation in which like duties and obligations are exchanged; e.g., the marital relation. As… …
113chaud-medley — /showdmedliy/ A homicide committed in the heat of an affray and while under the influence of passion; it is thus distinguished from chance medley, which is the killing of a man in a casual affray in self defense. It has been said, however, that… …
114fight — A hostile encounter, affray, or altercation; a physical or verbal struggle for victory; pugilistic combat. Gitlow v. Kiely, D.C.N.Y., 44 F.2d 227, 232. See also affray …
115medletum — /medliytam/ In old English law, a mixing together; a medley or melee; an affray or sudden encounter. An offense suddenly committed in an affray. The English word medley is preserved in the term chance medley. An intermeddling, without violence,… …
116mutual — Common to both parties. Interchangeable; reciprocal; each acting in return or correspondence to the other; given and received; spoken of an engagement or relation in which like duties and obligations are exchanged; e.g., the marital relation. As… …
117aggressor — A person who willingly or knowingly after meeting his antagonist begins and brings about an affray or deadly conflict by using threatening language or doing some act reasonably calculated to lead to such an affray or conflict. Wilkie v State, 33… …
118fray — 1. v. 1 tr. & intr. wear through or become worn, esp. (of woven material) unweave at the edges. 2 intr. (of nerves, temper, etc.) become strained; deteriorate. Etymology: F frayer f. L fricare rub 2. n. 1 conflict, fighting (eager for the fray).… …
119a- — 1. prefix not, without (amoral; agnostic; apetalous). Etymology: Gk a , or L f. Gk, or F f. L f. Gk 2. prefix implying motion onward or away, adding intensity to verbs of motion (arise; awake). Etymology: OE a , orig. ar 3. prefix to, at, or into …
120affrayer — /euh fray euhr/, n. a person who engages in an affray; brawler. [1545 55; AFFRAY + ER1] …
