in camera

in cam·er·a

C0049700 (kăm′ər-ə)adv.1. In secret; privately.2. Law In private in a judge's chambers or in a courtroom without spectators from the public present.

[New Latin in camerā : Latin in, in + Late Latin camerā, ablative of camera, chamber.]

in camera

(ɪn ˈkæmərə) adv, adj1. in a private or secret session; not in public2. (Law) law (formerly)a. in the privacy of a judge's chambersb. in a court not open to the public. Official name: in chambers [Latin: in the chamber]

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(ˈkæm ər ə, ˈkæm rə)

n., pl. -er•as. 1. a hand-held photographic device with an aperture controlled by a shutter that opens to admit light: focused by a lens, the light forms an image on a light-sensitive film or plate loaded through the back or top. 2. (in a television transmitting apparatus) the device in which the picture to be televised is formed before it is changed into electric impulses. Idioms: 1. in camera, a. in the privacy of a judge's chambers. b. privately. 2. off camera, out of the range of a television or motion-picture camera. 3. on camera, being filmed or televised by a live camera. [1700–10; < Latin: vaulted room, vault < Greek kamára vault; compare chamber]

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in camera - kept private or confined to those intimately concerned; "it was discussed privately between the two men"; "privately, she thought differently"; "some member of his own party hoped privately for his defeat"; "he was questioned in private"in private, privately

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In chambers; in private. A judicial proceeding is said to be heard in camera either when the hearing is had before the judge in his or her private chambers or when all spectators are excluded from the courtroom.

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adj. or adv. phrase. Latin for "in chambers." This refers to a hearing or discussions with the judge in the privacy of his chambers (office rooms) or when spectators and jurors have been excluded from the court room. (See: in chambers)

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‘in chambers’, a most perplexing phrase for litigants who suspect they maybe about to be photographed. Actually it indicates that the case, or the rest of the case, is to be heard in the judge's private chambers - excluding the public.

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adv kept private or confined to those intimately concerned

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