in camera
advEtymology Borrowed from Latin in camerā (“in the chamber”).
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)
- The trial was held in camera because the accused was a minor.
- Ma'am, I must protest most strongly your decision to conduct this inquest in camera.2011, M. R. Hall, The Disappeared: A Jenny Cooper Mystery, →ISBN, page 309:
2 more examples
- 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.2014, John Snape, California Evidence Code 2014, →ISBN, page 43:
- An inquest in camera and they would all be vindicated.2018, Kate Atkinson, Transcription, →ISBN, page 293:
- Related terms
- on camera