Crossword Genius

Chap apparently owing money gets court decision (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

remand

'court decision' is the definition.
(decision to return someone to prison)

'chap apparently owing money' is the wordplay.
'chap' becomes 'Ray' (man's name).
'apparently' shows a homophone (sound like).
'owing money' becomes 'mand' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ray' is a homophone of 're'.
're'+'mand'='REMAND'

'gets' is the link.

(Other definitions for remand that I've seen before include "Place of detention for those awaiting trial" , "Send back, into custody say" , "Return (often) to custody" , "Place of detention for young offenders" , "Put in cooler" .)

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