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

And, in January 2017, hospital bosses called the consultants to a meeting where chief executive Tony Chambers told them to apologise to Letby and her family.

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“Turkey’s attacks on energy infrastructure have had a devastating impact on civilians,” said Aarif Abraham, a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, adding: “This could constitute a severe violation of international law.”

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Jack Chambers, a junior minister in the Irish government, signed on behalf of the Republic of Ireland.

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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.

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

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