in camera
Behind closed doors
In camera is a legal term meaning in private, with the public excluded.
Judges hold in camera hearings to protect sensitive information—trade secrets, minors' identities, national security matters: The judge reviewed the classified documents in camera.
The Latin literally means "in a chamber," referring to the judge's private chambers rather than the open courtroom.
Restricted to certain parties
- confidentialMeant to stay secret
- secretConcealed information
- closed-doorExcluding outside parties
- behind closed doorsIn private, unobserved
off-the-record · hush-hush · nonpublic · undisclosed · discreet · privileged · restricted · sealed
Enclosed functional rooms
- judgeOne who decides
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
- closed sessionPrivate official gathering
- benchShared seating surface
sealed · testimony · courtroom · proceedings · deliberation · adjudication · tribunal · evidence
Light-focusing curved glass
- apertureAdjustable optical inlet
- shutterHinged window covering
- sensorInput-detecting device
- exposureState of being unprotected
ISO · focus · viewfinder · f-stop · depth of field · framing · composition · film
private
Restricted to certain parties
- confidentialMeant to stay secret
- secretConcealed information
- closed-doorExcluding outside parties
behind closed doors · off-the-record · hush-hush · nonpublic · undisclosed · discreet · privileged · restricted · sealed · concealed
chambers
Enclosed functional rooms
- judgeOne who decides
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
- closed sessionPrivate official gathering
bench · sealed · testimony · courtroom · proceedings · deliberation · adjudication · tribunal · evidence · judiciary
lens
Light-focusing curved glass
exposure · ISO · focus · viewfinder · f-stop · depth of field · framing · composition · film · zoom
- Privateprivate, confidential, secret, personal, hidden
- Latin Legal Termsbona fide, caveat emptor, de facto, de jure, in absentia
- Legal Latinab initio, bona fide, caveat emptor, certiorari, de facto
- board meetingsagenda, minutes, adjourn, adjournment, chairman
- secrecysecrecy, secret, secrets, confidential, classified
- evidenceevidence, evidence bag, circumstantial evidence, proof, admissible
in cameraopen court
Judicial proceedings accessible publicly
public hearing · open session · public trial · publicly · on the record
in camerapublicly
In open view
in public · openly · on the record · transparently · in the open
camera, cameraman, videocamera, camerawork, camerawomen, cameraphone, digital camera, cameraperson