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Bad case of wind gripping one (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mistrial

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'wind gripping one' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'bad case' is the wordplay.
'bad' becomes 'mis' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'case' becomes 'trial' (I've seen this before).
'mis'+'trial'='MISTRIAL'

'of' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for mistrial that I've seen before include "Defective hearing" , "Failed court action" , "When it's declared, the case must be heard again" , "Invalid hearing" , "Invalid court procedure" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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