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

Perhaps the facts may have been communicated to him under the seal of secrecy, and if so he showed firmness in that he had shared in the plunder with Deane and Beaumarchais.

From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett by Conway, Moncure Daniel

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 Optic, Oliver

Plato's later disciples, the Neo-Platonists, credit him with a secret doctrine which he imparted only to those who were worthy, and which he conveyed under the "seal of secrecy."

From Christianity As Mystical Fact And The Mysteries of Antiquity by Collison, Harry

He told them, under seal of secrecy, Storri's programme, and put before them the documents, Russian, Canadian, and Chinese.

From The President A novel by Lewis, Alfred Henry