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chambers
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As a noun, chambers means chiefly in in chambers: a judge's private office which is used for hearings that do not need to be held in open court.
Meanings of chambers
5 meaningsnoun
lawChiefly in in chambers: a judge's private office which is used for hearings that do not need to be held in open court.
law(Britain) Originally, a set of rooms at an Inn of Court used by one or more barristers as an office and residence; now, the office of one or more barristers in any building.
Euphemistic form of chamber pot ("a container used for defecation and urination"); also, synonym of potty ("a small (chiefly plastic) pot used by children for defecation and urination when toilet-training").
Older and rare meanings (2)
archaicA set of rooms in a building used as an office or a residential apartment.
UKhistoricalIn full king's chambers: parts of the sea next to the coast of England and Wales delimited by imaginary lines connecting headlands, over which the Crown asserted exclusive jurisdiction; these have now been superseded by the concept of the territorial sea.
Plural of chamber
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chamber
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