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Books are full of these court judgments (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sentences

I believe this is a double definition.

'books are full of these' is the first definition.
(a book contains a lot of sentences)

'court judgments' is the second definition.
(sentences from a judge)

(Other definitions for sentences that I've seen before include "Word sets of senescent origin" , "Groups of words as punishments for crimes" , "Words with grammatical structures" , "Declares punishment for" , "Sets of words, or punishments awarded by courts" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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