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

Despite the seven-fold seal of secrecy which covered the proceedings of the secret sessions, whispers of a recommendation of mercy filled the air.

From The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt by DeWitt, David Miller

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

If some good gentleman can only get the seal of secrecy removed I can show what was said and done.

From Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? by Remsburg, John B.

He, being proud of the literary attainments of his wife, sent it around to his friends, under seal of secrecy.

From The Group A Farce by Moses, Montrose Jonas