CHAMBERS
\t͡ʃˈe͡ɪmbəz], \tʃˈeɪmbəz], \tʃ_ˈeɪ_m_b_ə_z]\
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A fancy word for a judge's office. Trial court judges often schedule pre-trial settlement conferences and other informal meetings in chambers.
By Oddity Software
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Practice. When a judge decides some interlocutory matter, which has arisen in the course of the cause, out of court, he is said to make such decision at his chambers. The most usual applications at chambers take place in relation to taking bail, and staying proceedings on process.
By John Bouvier
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Quinones
- Hydrocarbon rings which contain two moieties position. They can be substituted in any position except at the ketone groups.