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Chambers
Chambers As long as the Supreme Court met in the Capitol or other space‐sharing location, Congress provided no private offices for the justices. They maintained chambers in their homes, and received small federal allotments for furniture, books, and maintenance expenses. In 1886 Congress authorized the hiring of a secretary or law clerk for each justice, but only in 1919 did it fund both positions.
Working conditions improved when the Court moved into its own building in October 1935. Each justice now occupies a suite of three rooms on the main floor, with private access to adjacent chambers, conference and robing rooms, and the courtroom. See also Buildings, Supreme Court. Maxwell Bloomfield |
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KERMIT L. HALL. "Chambers." The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. KERMIT L. HALL. "Chambers." The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O184-Chambers.html KERMIT L. HALL. "Chambers." The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States. 2005. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O184-Chambers.html |
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1. An old legal term used to describe those areas of sea which lay between headlands but beyond territorial waters. In 1634, for example, the Lords of the English Admiralty instructed the judge of the Admiralty's High Court and the Attorney-General ‘to compose a reglement whereby his Majesty's ancient right in the Narrow Seas, and in his chambers and ports, might be preserved’. 2. Small pieces of ordnance during the 16th–17th centuries from which gun salutes at sea were fired. |
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"chambers." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "chambers." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-chambers.html "chambers." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-chambers.html |
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CHAMBERSA judge's private room or office wherein he or she hears motions, signs papers, and performs other tasks pertaining to his or her office when a session of the court, such as a trial, is not being held. Business transacted in a private setting is said to be done "in chambers." |
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"Chambers." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Chambers." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437700787.html "Chambers." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437700787.html |
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"Chambers." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Chambers." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Chambers.html "Chambers." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Chambers.html |
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