Star Chamber Proceedings
(n) Star chamber proceedings is used to represent proceedings in a court which violates the standards expected of such authorities and when a person appearing for a proceeding cannot expect a fair hearing and justice.
star chamber proceedings
n. any judicial or quasi-judicial action, trial or hearing which so grossly violates standards of "due process" that a party appearing in the proceedings (hearing or trial) is denied a fair hearing.
STAR CHAMBER, Eng. law. A court which formerly had great jurisdiction and power, but which was abolished by stat. 16, C. I., c. 10, on account of its usurpations and great unpopularity.
Star chamber
Definition - Noun
1 cap S&C : an old English court abolished in 1641 that exercised wide civil and criminal jurisdiction under rules of procedure suited to the prerogatives of the king and that was marked by secrecy, ...
Expanded Legal Definition of Standing CommitteeStar Chamber An elitist, secretive and abusive court convened from time to time by British kings from at least King Henry VII (1457-1509) to 1640.
We see new courts appropriating large fields of justice and proceeding summarie et de piano; the star chamber, the chancery, the courts of requests, of wards, of augmentations, the councils of the North and Wales; ...
Once convened, the Commons refused him the taxes he needed, and set about dismantling the apparatus of prerogative government, abolishing ship money, the courts of Star Chamber, High Commission, Wards, and others; passing a Triennial Act, ...
CAMERA STELLATA
Eng. law. The court of the Star Chamber, now abolished. ... more
CAMPARTUM
A part or portion of a larger field or ground, which would otherwise be in gross or common. Vide Champerty.... more ...
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