Decision avoiding court for Italian musician (5)
I believe the answer is:
verdi
'italian musician' is the definition.
(Giuseppe Verdi 1813-1901)
'decision avoiding court' is the wordplay.
'decision' becomes 'verdict' (verdict is a kind of decision).
'avoiding' is a deletion indicator.
'court' becomes 'ct' (abbreviation used in road names).
'verdict' with 'ct' removed is 'VERDI'.
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for verdi that I've seen before include "Italian operatic composer" , "Italian opera composer" , "Drive like composer of operas" , "Opera producer" , "Italian composer, d. 1901" .)