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Court is thus within the law (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

solicit

'court' is the definition.
('solicit' can be a synonym of 'court')

'thus within the law' is the wordplay.
'thus' becomes 'so' ('so' can be a synonym of 'thus').
'within the law' becomes 'licit' (I've seen this before).
'so'+'licit'='SOLICIT'

'is' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for solicit that I've seen before include "Ask (favour)" , "Petition - importune" , "Try to obtain (something) from someone" , "Invite, beg for" , "Beg or court" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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