A division of the body politic (5,6)
I believe the answer is:
third estate
(Other definitions for third estate that I've seen before include "Those not of the clergy or nobility in pre-revolutionary France" , "The common people (constitutionally)" , "Middle classes" .)
I've seen this clue in The Times.
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