Drop proceedings in which I would never appear? (5,4)
I believe the answer is:
lower case
'in which i would never appear?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.
'drop proceedings' is the wordplay.
'drop' becomes 'lower' (I've seen this in another clue).
'proceedings' becomes 'case' (case is a kind of proceedings).
'lower'+'case'='LOWER-CASE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lower case that I've seen before include "inappropriate in High Court?" , "small type" , "Small letters" , "perhaps it won't be heard in High Court?" , "lacking capital" .)