Armstrong was sued by the Church in 1982 for the theft of private documents.

It was, he said, "far and away the most private and personal document probably that I have ever read by anybody."

(44) These distinctions were introduced into private documents around 1250.

Information about his antecedents was contained in a private document.

A will is a private document revealed only after death.

I wondered who he thought would read his private documents.

This draft was always intended to be a private working document, and never has been published.

But Democrats said keeping public and private documents separate was not unusual.

In addition, citizens with a legitimate interest may also access private documents stored by public services.

He described it as "intemperate even for an extremely private document".