CAMERA

In old English law. A chamber, room, or apartment; a judge’s chamber; a treasury; a chest or coffer. Also, a stipend payable from vassal to lord; an annuity. Camera regis. In old English law. A chamber of the king; a place of peculiar privileges especially in a commercial point of view. Camera scaccarii. The old name of the exchequer chamber, (q. v.)Camera stellata. The star chamber, (q. v.)