seal of secrecy
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Lord Widgery, Lord Chief Justice of England, ruled that the government cannot put a seal of secrecy on its internal business without convincing the court that silence is "clearly necessary in the public interest."
From Time Magazine Archive
Dishonest as it obviously was, it was successful; members accepted it as a removal of the seal of secrecy; and the documents having thus found their way before the Assembly were ordered to be printed.
From Benjamin Franklin by John T. (John Torrey) Morse
"I trust you will make no unfair use of the information it contains, part of which was confided to me privately, and under seal of secrecy, by Mr. Rawdon?"
From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by John Campbell
The seal of secrecy had been removed by the commander, and he had not been instructed to be silent.
From Asiatic Breezes Students on The Wing by Oliver Optic
But how could I imagine that M. Lepaute would ever undertake to appropriate to himself this escapement which it will be seen I confided to him under the seal of secrecy?
From Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence by Elizabeth S. Kite
