Camera
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Meaning of Camera
A chamber , a room occupied by a judge. A trial is said to take place in camera when it is heard in the judge"s chambers without the presence of the public.
Camera Alternative Definition
(Law Lat.; Lat. camera, a vault or arched roof; an upper gallery; Spanish, camara). In Did European Law, A chamber; an apartment in a dwelling house. A treasure chamber, or treasury; a chamber with a vaulted roof, for the keeping of the public treasure. A private treasury; a place for keeping private funds or moneys; a coffer; personal funds, as distinguished from land. In Old English Practice. A judge"s chamber. Dyer, 69b. (Fr. Ed.); Id. 140b.
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What does Camera mean in American Law?
The definition of Camera in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:
A chamber, or room; sometimes a chest or coffer used to keep treasure. Used to name courts once held in particular ones, e.g., camera scaccerii, i.e., the Court of Exchequer Chamber. See also in camera.
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Concept of "Camera"
Traditional meaning of camera in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) A chamber; judge's chamber; a treasury; see CHAMBER. Camera regis (a chamber of the king): a harbor or place of commercial privilege. Camera scaccarii: the Exchequer Chamber. Camera stellata: the Star Chamber; see the entry on types of courts, 44.
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Notes and References
Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, "Camera", 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.