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Cham·bers (ch

rz), (Jay David) Whittaker 1901-1961.

American journalist and onetime member of the Communist Party who testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee (1948), where he implicated Alger Hiss.

chambers [ˈtʃeɪmbəz]

pl n

1. (Law) a judge's room for hearing cases not taken in open court

2. (Law) (in England) the set of rooms occupied by barristers where clients are interviewed (in London, mostly in the Inns of Court)

3. Brit archaic a suite of rooms; apartments

4. (Law) (in the US) the private office of a judge

(Law)

in chambers Law

a. in the privacy of a judge's chambers

b. in a court not open to the public former name for sense 5 in camera

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Chambers - English architect (1723-1796)

Sir William Chambers, William Chambers

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