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Silentiary

One appointed to keep silence and order in court also one sworn not to divulge secrets of state...

Cato street conspiracy, an extraordinary plot to assassinate the entire Cabinet and get possession of London by means of an armed mob. The scheme was divulged to the authorities by an informer, and the conspirators, the chief of whom was a man named Thistlewood, were apprehended, and five of them brought to trial and executed. See R. v. Thistloewood, (1820) 33 St.Tr. 681; Martineau's History of the Thirty Years' Peace, Bk. II. c. i....

Messenger

Messenger, one who carries an errand; a forerunner.Messengers are certain officers employed under the direction of the Secretaries of State, and always ready to be sent with dispatches, foreign and domestic (now called King's Messengers). They were employed with the secretaries' warrants to arrest persons for treason, or other offences against the State, which did not so properly fall under the cognizance of the Common Law, and, perhaps, were not properly to be divulged in the ordinary course of justice, 2 Hawk. P.C., c. xvi., s. 9.There are other officers distinguished by this appellation, as the messengers of the Lord Chancellor, Privy Council, and Exchequer, etc. Also, in bankruptcy, persons officially appointed who seize a bankrupt's property. The office of messenger of the Great Seal was abolished by 37 & 38 Vict. c. 81...

Privileged communication

Privileged communication, a communication which a witness cannot be compelled to divulge, such as that which takes place between husband and wife (see the (English) Evidence Amendment Act, 1853 (16 & 17 Vict. c. 83), s. 3, and Criminal Evidence Act, 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 36), s. 1), between a client and his legal adviser, and which cannot be disclosed without the client's consent; secrets of State, etc. See also CONFESSION. Also a communication which cannot be made the ground of an action for defamation, either (a) absolutely, or (b) without a malicious motive, such as that which is made truthfully and bona fide by a master respecting the character of a servant to a person intending to employ him. Incidental publication will not affect the privilege, Edmondson v. Birch, (1907) 1 KB 371; consult Odgers on Libel. See LIBEL....

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