Star Chamber
TERM USED FOR A SECRET COURT
Court of Star Chamber; Star chamber; Star-Chamber; Starr Chamber; Star chamber proceedings; Court of the Star Chamber; Camera Stellata; Star-chamber; Star council; Star trial
The Star Chamber (Latin: Camera stellata) was an English court that sat at the royal Palace of Westminster, from the late to the mid-17th century (c. 1641), and was composed of Privy Counsellors and common-law judges, to supplement the judicial activities of the common-law and equity courts in civil and criminal matters.