Claim brought to court (7)
I believe the answer is:
lawsuit
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">claim brought to court</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for lawsuit that I've seen before include "Legal proceedings" , "Claim brought to court" , "Legal dispute" , "Legal case" , "Process of bringing dispute or claim before the courts" .)