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Star Chamber

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Noun

1. star chamber

a former English court that became notorious for its arbitrary methods and severe punishments

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Star Chamber

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noun
1. English history
the Privy Council sitting as a court of equity, esp powerful under the Tudor monarchs; abolished 1641
2. (sometimes not capitals)
any arbitrary tribunal dispensing summary justice
3. (sometimes not capitals)
(in Britain, in a Conservative government) a group of senior ministers who make the final decision on the public spending of each government department

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Star Chamber

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1. 
a royal English court or tribunal abolished in 1641, notorious for its secret sessions without jury, and for its harsh and arbitrary judgments and its use of torture to force confessions
2.  [also s- c-]
any similar tribunal or inquisitorial body

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Star Chamber

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n.
1. A 15th-century to 17th-century English court consisting of judges who were appointed by the Crown and sat in closed session on cases involving state security.
2. star chamber A court or group that engages in secret, harsh, or arbitrary procedures.
adj.
Secret, harsh, or arbitrary, as in procedures.

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