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

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.

The king, at first, cautiously sounded him, in order to discover whether this confidant of the queen's knew aught of what had happened, and then, under the seal of secrecy, informed him of all.

From On the Heights A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold

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 Morse, John T. (John Torrey)

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