noun
or chaud-melle or chaud-mella
( -s )
Etymology: chaud-medley, chaud-mella, alteration of chaud-melle; chaud-melle from Middle English chaudmellee, chawdmelle, from Middle French chaude mellee, literally, hot fight
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