(especially in a legal context) the fact or practice of not making information known.
most miscarriages of justice have their roots in the non-disclosure of evidence
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The relationship between racial residential segregation and nondisclosure varies by loan purpose.
In our view this amounts to 'non-disclosure' of material information.
Corporate sponsors of research sometimes demand the postponement, or even nondisclosure, of findings.
With the steps and exercises described here, concrete reasons for nondisclosure may present themselves.
When an allegation of fraud is based upon nondisclosure, there can be no fraud absent a duty to speak.
First, three of the courts questioned whether a constitutional right to privacy in the nondisclosure of personal information exists.
If it turns out that you have a major structural problem, the seller could be liable for nondisclosure.
The first section draws on material from a survey of 373 high school students that asked questions about abuse disclosure or nondisclosure and the respective consequences of each.
The technical reasons for the rise of nondisclosure involve the differential effects of reporting requirements on different parts of the mortgage industry.
The principal ground of the appeal concerns the non-disclosure of material in the possession of the police and prosecution before the start of the trial.
Although it is at odds with our predominant medical ethical culture, many families and patients desire nondisclosure of bad news.
When national security justifications are used to justify the nondisclosure of basic information, First Amendment values can be in danger.
On the facts, no actual request had been made and the non-disclosure of information was not negligent even though some practitioners would have mentioned the risk in question.
Ministers should be required to clarify their reasons for non-disclosure.
This insurance shall be voidable if there has been misrepresentation, mis-description or non-disclosure of any material fact.
For example, nondisclosure could be considered reasonable in the case of a patient with severe depression who was at risk of attempting suicide.
This is a fine example of Orwellian newspeak, suggesting that openness can best be achieved by secrecy and non-disclosure.
One context is the contract for nondisclosure of classified information that employees, contractors, and others sign when they are granted access to sensitive information by agencies of the Intelligence Community.
In several countries, including Greece, nondisclosure of difficult medical information is preferred.
Patient preferences for nondisclosure of medical information and family-centered decision making may be disorienting initially to American-trained physicians.