Disturbance resolved in court (7)
I believe the answer is:
ruction
'disturbance' is the definition.
(ruction is a kind of disturbance)
'resolved in court' is the wordplay.
'resolved' is an anagram indicator.
'in'+'court'='incourt'
'incourt' anagrammed gives 'RUCTION'.
(Other definitions for ruction that I've seen before include "Find a disturbance in cut iron" , "Racket" , "Noisy disturbance" , "Ruckus, rumpus" , "Uproar" .)