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Chambers

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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 behind 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."
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Chambers

[bus company] Chambers is bus and coach operator based in Bures in Suffolk, England. It is a subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group. ==History== In 1877 H Chambers commenced a horse-drawn bus business in Bures. In 1918 the first bus was purchased to operate a twice weekly service between Sudbury and Colchester. By the late 1930s routes were opera...
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Chambers

[law] A barrister`s chambers or barristers` chambers are the set of professional rooms used by a barrister or a group of barristers. A judge`s chambers is the office of a judge. Certain types of matters can be heard `in chambers`. In some jurisdictions, a court room, rather than the judge`s actual chambers, are used to hear matters `in cham...
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Chambers

A judge
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chambers

In the UK, rented offices used by a group of barristers. Chambers in London are usually within the precincts of one of the four law courts. ...
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Chambers

This has two meanings: a private room or courtroom from which the public are excluded, in which a judge may conduct certain sorts of hearings, for example family cases; or offices used by a barrister.
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Chambers

A judge is said to 'sit in Chambers' when he is hearing a case in private, as opposed to open court. Almost all divorce proceedings are heard in this way. The word 'chambers' can also mean the offices in which barristers work and 'a set of Chambers' describes a group of barristers who have agreed to share certain facilities and services. Barristers...
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Chambers

(n) Chamber is the office of the judge, speaker, presidor or chairman of a legislative council meeting etc which is used as the place for settlement, short conference etc to settle issues connected with his official duty. Eg. Judge speaking to the witness in has chamber without permitting the attorney to present.
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Chambers

A judge's office is referred to as her chambers. Settlement conferences and adoptions are usually held in her chambers. During a trial, when the judge wants to examine documents, speak with witnesses or speak with the attorneys outside the jury's presence, the judge presides in camera, the Latin term for 'in chambers,' and holds a conference either...
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Chambers

A fancy word for a judge's office. It's usually close to the courtroom so that the judge can enter the court from behind the bench and not encounter people on the way. Trial court judges often schedule pretrial settlement conferences and other informal or sensitive meetings in chambers.
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