Chambers

Rooms or apartments. The private room of the judge. Any hearing before a judge which does not take place during a term of court, or while the judge is sitting in court, or an order issued under such circumstances, is said to be "in chambers." The act may be an official one, and the hearing may be in the court room; but if the court is not in session, it is still said to be done "in chambers." In England. The office of a barrister. An association of persons habitually meeting together, as a chamber of commerce.

The private room of the judge. Any hearing before a judge which does not take place during a term of court or while the judge is sitting in court, or an order issued under such circumstances, is said to be in chambers. The act may be an official one, and the hearing may be in the court-room; but if the court is not in session, it is still said to be done in chambers. See In Cameba; Open Court.

In practice. The private room or office of a judge; any place in which a judge hears motions, signs papers or does other business pertaining to his office, when he is not holding a session of court. Business so transacted is said to be done "in chambers." In re Neagle (C. Ct) 39 Fed. 855, 5 In R. A. 78; Von Schmidt v. Widber, 99 Cal. 511, 34 Pac. 109; Hoskins v. Baxter, 64 Minn. 226, 66 N. W. 969. The term is also applied, in England, to the private offico of a barrister.

In international law. Portions of the sea cut off by lines drawn from one promontory to another, or included within lines extending from the point of one cape to the next, situate on the sea-coast of the same nation, and which are claimed by that nation as asylums for merchant vessels, and exempt from the operations of belligerents.

The office or private rooms of a judge, where he attends to such matters as may be attended to when he is not sitting in court Chambers, or the King's Chambers: parts of the sea included within headlands, or within lines drawn from one promontory to another, over which the sovereign claims jurisdiction.

In practice. The pri- G vate room or olfice of a judge; any place in which a judge heara motions, signs papers, or does other bustness pertaining to his office, when he is not holding a session of court. H Business so transacted is said to Le done “ip chambers.” The term is also applied, in England, to the private ollive of a barrister.

In international law. P[ortions of the sea cut off by lines drawn from one promon- { tory to another, or included within lines extending from the point of one cape to the next, siluate on the sea-coast of the same nation, and which are claimed by that nation as J asylums for merchant vesseis, and exempt from the operations of belligerents.

In practice. The office or private rooms of a judge, where parties are heard, and orders made in matters not requiring to be brought before the full court; and where costs are taxed, judgments signed, and similar business transacted. 3 Chitt. Gen. Pr. 19, et seq. Bayley*s Chamber Practice, per tot.