Court accepts the man's case (5)
I believe the answer is:
chest
'case' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'court accepts the man's' is the wordplay.
'court' becomes 'ct' (abbreviation used in road names).
'accepts' indicates putting letters inside.
'the man' becomes 'hes' (I've seen this in other clues).
'ct' placed around 'hes' is 'CHEST'.
(Other definitions for chest that I've seen before include "Piece of furniture" , "Trunk or crate" , "Large strong box for storage" , "Treasure box?" , "Breast - case" .)