英语词汇star chamber proceedings的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

star chamber proceedings. A star chamber is any committee or tribunal that proceeds by arbitrary or unfair oppressive methods. The term dates to the reigns of British monarchs James I and Charles I when a civil and criminal court called the star-chamber, abolished in 1641, notoriously abused its powers and from which there was no appeal. The court, its judges the king’s own counselors, was probably so named because it was held in a room, or chamber, in the royal palace at Westminster where the ceiling was decorated with gilt stars. However, Black- stone’s Commentaries has it that the star here derives from the starra, or “contracts and obligations of Jews,” that were stored in the room.

词汇	star chamber proceedings
词源	star chamber proceedings. A star chamber is any committee or tribunal that proceeds by arbitrary or unfair oppressive methods. The term dates to the reigns of British monarchs James I and Charles I when a civil and criminal court called the star-chamber, abolished in 1641, notoriously abused its powers and from which there was no appeal. The court, its judges the king’s own counselors, was probably so named because it was held in a room, or chamber, in the royal palace at Westminster where the ceiling was decorated with gilt stars. However, Black- stone’s Commentaries has it that the star here derives from the starra, or “contracts and obligations of Jews,” that were stored in the room.
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