Legal Definition and Related Resources of Medletum
Meaning of Medletum
In old English law. A mixing together; a medley or melee; an aflfray 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, in any matter of business. Spelman.
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Concept of “Medletum”
Traditional meaning of medletum in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) A medley; a CHANCE-MEDLEY (see this last concept in this legal reference),
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- Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Medletum”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.
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