in camera

See also: incamera

English

Etymology

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

Adverb

in camera (not comparable)

1. In secret or in private (in an enclosed room, behind closed doors).
2. (law) Without the presence of the public or the media (in court)
   • 2011, M. R. Hall, The Disappeared: A Jenny Cooper Mystery, →ISBN, page 309:

     Ma'am, I must protest most strongly your decision to conduct this inquest in camera.

   • 2014, John Snape, California Evidence Code 2014, →ISBN, page 43:

     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.

   • 2018, Kate Atkinson, Transcription, →ISBN, page 293:

     An inquest in camera and they would all be vindicated.

   The trial was held in camera because the accused was a minor.

Translations

in secret or in private

without the presence of the public or the media

• Irish: i gcúirt iata

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} à huis clos (fr)

See also

• on camera

Anagrams

• American, Carêmian, amacrine, marcaine