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in camera

adverb
 
 
legal

Definition

in private, without the public, newspaper reporters, etc. being there: The trial was held in camera because the accused was only 14 years old.Law courts
(Definition of in camera adverb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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