A court drama, in part (3)

I believe the answer is:

act

'drama in part' is the definition.
(act in a play)

'a court' is the wordplay.
'court' becomes 'ct'.
'a'+'ct'='ACT'

(Other definitions for act that I've seen before include "A deed or statute" , "work" , "Assumed attitude" , "Major section of a play" , "Do something (on stage?)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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