Legal Definition and Related Resources of Camera
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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Camera, sittings in in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of camera, sittings in.
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- Law Enforcement Officer
- Police Officer
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- camera, sittings in in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
- camera, sittings in in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
- A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis
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.
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