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in camera en · ADV

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin in camerā (“in the chamber”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) In secret or in private (in an enclosed room, behind closed doors).
  2. (not-comparable) Without the presence of the public or the media (in court)
    • Any transcription of the proceedings at the in camera hearing, as well as any physical evidence presented at the hearing, shall be ordered sealed by the court, and only a court may have access to its contents. 2014, John Snape, California Evidence Code 2014, →ISBN, page 43:
    • Ma'am, I must protest most strongly your decision to conduct this inquest in camera. 2011, M. R. Hall, The Disappeared: A Jenny Cooper Mystery, →ISBN, page 309:
    • An inquest in camera and they would all be vindicated. 2018, Kate Atkinson, Transcription, →ISBN, page 293:
    • The trial was held in camera because the accused was a minor.

Relateds

on camera

Translations (2)

fr à huis clos (without the presence of the public or the media) · ga i gcúirt iata (without the presence of the public or the media)