super-seal

super-seal
 v.— «Super-sealing is a relatively new word in the legal lexicon that describes the total eclipse of entire cases or individual pleadings by keeping everything about them—even case and docket numbers—secret.» —“Court Secrecy Practices at Center of Drug Boss’s 11th Circuit Appeal” by Dan Christensen Law.com Nov. 22, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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