open court
Transparent legal proceedings
Open court refers to a judicial proceeding conducted publicly, where anyone may attend and observe.
The principle that justice should be administered openly is fundamental to common law systems: The defendant demanded that the testimony be heard in open court.
Matters heard in open court become part of the public record, as opposed to proceedings conducted in chambers or under seal.
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- judgeOne who decides
- legal proceedingsFormal court-based dispute resolution
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- courtroomJudicial proceedings chamber
audience · spectators · hearing · jury · witness stand · sworn testimony · defendant · transparency · full disclosure · bench · public access · public record · verdict · plaintiff · public trial · media presence · cross-examination · litigation
- courtyardsatrium, quad, quadrangle, patio, cloister
- Luxor TemplesKarnak, obelisks, pylons, sacred lake, colonnade
- fast breakfast break, breakaway, breakaway dunk, outlet pass, run and gun
- Monastery Partscloister, cloisters, nave, refectory, chapter house
- trial rightsfair trial, impartial jury, impartial judge, presumption of innocence, right to counsel
open courtin camera
Legal term for privately
closed session · executive session · private session · star chamber
open courtchambers
Enclosed functional rooms
judge's chambers · in chambers · sidebar · back room · off the record
open, court, opened, opening, opens, opener, openers, openly, openness