Damages accepted by court bodies (8)
I believe the answer is:
injuries
'damages' is the definition.
'accepted by court bodies' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'accepted' could be 'in' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'in' is found in the answer.
'bodies' could be 'juries' (jury is a kind of body) and 'juries' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for injuries that I've seen before include "Wounds" , "Traumas to the body" .)