Chambers

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C0231000 (chām′bər)n.1. A room in a house, especially a bedroom.2. A room where a person of authority, rank, or importance receives visitors.3. chambers The private office where the judge consults with parties and conducts business not required to be brought in open court.4. chambers Chiefly British A suite of rooms, especially one used by lawyers.5. A hall for the meetings of a legislative or other assembly.6. A legislative or judicial body.7. A board or council.8. A place where municipal or state funds are received and held; a treasury.9. a. An enclosed space or compartment: the chamber of a pump; a compression chamber.b. An enclosed space in the body of an organism; a cavity: the four chambers of the heart.10. a. A compartment in a firearm, as in the breech of a rifle or the cylinder of a revolver, that holds the cartridge in readiness for firing.b. An enclosed space in the bore of a gun that holds the charge.tr.v. cham·bered, cham·ber·ing, cham·bers 1. To put (a round) in the chamber of a firearm.2. To design or manufacture (a firearm) to hold a specific type of cartridge.3. To furnish with a chamber or chambers: tombs that were chambered.

[Middle English chaumbre, from Old French chambre, from Late Latin camera, chamber, from Latin, vault, from Greek kamarā.]

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(ˈtʃeɪmbəz) pl n1. (Law) a judge's room for hearing cases not taken in open court2. (Law) (in England) the set of rooms occupied by barristers where clients are interviewed (in London, mostly in the Inns of Court)3. archaic Brit a suite of rooms; apartments4. (Law) (in the US) the private office of a judge5. (Law) in chambers law a. in the privacy of a judge's chambersb. in a court not open to the public. Former name for sense 5: in camera

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Chambers - English architect (1723-1796)Sir William Chambers, William Chambers

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Related to chambers: Robert Chambers, chambers of commerce

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A judge's private room or office wherein he or she hears motions, signs papers, and performs other tasks pertaining to his or her office when a session of the court, such as a trial, is not being held.

Business transacted in a private setting is said to be done "in chambers."

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n. the private office of a judge, usually close to the courtroom so that the judge can enter the court from back of the bench and not encounter people on the way. Judges hear some motions, discuss formal legal problems like jury instructions, or conduct hearings on sensitive matters such as adoptions "in chambers." (See: in chambers, in camera)

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a judge's room or the offices of a barrister.

CHAMBERS, practice. When a judge decides some interlocutory matter, which has arisen in the course of the cause, out of court, he is said to make such decision at his chambers. The most usual applications at chambers take place in relation to taking bail, and staying proceedings on process.

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noun English architect (1723-1796)

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