star-chamber
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* danh từ- (sử học) hội đồng cơ mật* tính từ
- thuộc hội đồng cơ mật
Định nghĩa tiếng Anh
n. An ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in\n certain cases, mainly criminal, which sat without the intervention of a\n jury. It consisted of the king's council, or of the privy council only\n with the addition of certain judges. It could proceed on mere rumor or\n examine witnesses; it could apply torture. It was abolished by the Long\n Parliament in 1641.