Definition of In camera

1. Adverb. Kept private or confined to those intimately concerned. "He was questioned in private"

Exact synonyms: In Private, Privately
Partainyms: Private
Antonyms: Publicly

Definition of In camera

1. Adverb. In secret or in private (in an enclosed room, behind closed doors). ¹

2. Adverb. (legal) Without the presence of the public or the media (in court) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of In Camera

in baulk
in bed with
in behalf of
in bend
in between
in black and white
in bloom
in bondage
in bonds(p)
in both ears
in breadth(p)
in brief
in broad daylight
in business
in camera (current term)
in case
in cash
in chains(p)
in character
in charge
in check
in chief
in chorus
in church
in circles
in clinical parlance
in clover
in cold blood
in collaboration

Literary usage of In camera

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Binocular version of Model PH-MIC plus built-in camera mechanism. ... The built-in camera mechanism is standard wifh binocular models and available at an ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"It was afterwards applied \o the judges' private room behind the court, and, hence, in the phrase in camera, to cases heard in private, ie in chambers. ..."

3. Thirty-five Years in the Divorce Court by Henry Edwin Fenn (1911)
"in camera. A JUDGE'S POWER. On the point of procedure, Lord St. Helier on one occasion decided that a judge has power to try a case in camera when he thinks ..."

4. Customary of the Benedictine Monasteries of Saint Augustine, Canterbury, and by Edward Maunde Thompson, Richard de Ware, Westminster Abbey, Gonville and Caius College Library (1902)
"In aula eciam, et precipue in camera abbatis, ad servien- dum de coquina et ad omnia alia ... et precipue quando abbas in aula comedit vel in camera. ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Binocular version of Model PH-MIC plus built-in camera mechanism. ... The built-in camera mechanism is standard wifh binocular models and available at an ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"It was afterwards applied \o the judges' private room behind the court, and, hence, in the phrase in camera, to cases heard in private, ie in chambers. ..."

7. Thirty-five Years in the Divorce Court by Henry Edwin Fenn (1911)
"in camera. A JUDGE'S POWER. On the point of procedure, Lord St. Helier on one occasion decided that a judge has power to try a case in camera when he thinks ..."

8. Customary of the Benedictine Monasteries of Saint Augustine, Canterbury, and by Edward Maunde Thompson, Richard de Ware, Westminster Abbey, Gonville and Caius College Library (1902)
"In aula eciam, et precipue in camera abbatis, ad servien- dum de coquina et ad omnia alia ... et precipue quando abbas in aula comedit vel in camera. ..."

Other Resources:

Search for In camera on Dictionary.com!Search for In camera on Thesaurus.com!Search for In camera on Google!Search for In camera on Wikipedia!

Quick Links

Search