Chambers

[ cheym-berz ]

noun

1. Robert, 1802–71, Scottish publisher and editor.
2. Robert William, 1865–1933, U.S. novelist and illustrator.
3. Whittaker Jay David Chambers, 1901–61, U.S. journalist, Communist spy, and accuser of Alger Hiss.

chambers

/ ˈtʃeɪmbəz /

plural noun

1. a judge's room for hearing cases not taken in open court
2. (in England) the set of rooms occupied by barristers where clients are interviewed (in London, mostly in the Inns of Court)
3. archaic.
   a suite of rooms; apartments
4. (in the US) the private office of a judge
5. in chambers
   law
   1. in the privacy of a judge's chambers
   2. in a court not open to the public Former name for sense 5in camera

Example Sentences

First minister John Swinney was among the dignitaries to lay a wreath at the Stone of Remembrance outside Edinburgh City Chambers during a ceremony on Sunday.

From BBC

Judge Michael Chambers KC accepted a recommendation that Kaur should be given an indefinite hospital order to protect the public from serious harm.

From BBC

Robbie Williams' frequent collaborator, songwriter Guy Chambers, told the Observer the industry should hold back from working with performers who are under 18.

From BBC

Michelle Chambers was 19 and living in Harrisburg, Pa., when she pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for stabbing a pregnant woman with a kitchen knife in 1993.

From Los Angeles Times

She said the "most definite be quiet moment" was a meeting on 26 January 2017, when the consultant body from the paediatric unit met with senior executives including chief executive Tony Chambers.

From BBC

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