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Case for judge's outfit? (7)

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lawsuit

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'case' is the definition.
(I know that case can be written as lawsuit)

'judge's outfit?' is the wordplay.
'judge's' becomes 'law' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'outfit?' becomes 'suit' (suit is a type of outfit).
'law'+'suit'='LAWSUIT'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for lawsuit that I've seen before include "Legal dispute" , "Dispute brought to court" , "Court case" , "Claim brought to court" , "Process of bringing dispute or claim before the courts" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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