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English detective gets court order (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

edict

'order' is the definition.
('edict' can be a synonym of 'order')

'english detective gets court' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'detective' becomes 'di' (Detective Inspector abbreviation).
'gets' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'court' becomes 'ct'.
'e'+'di'+'ct'='EDICT'

(Other definitions for edict that I've seen before include "Cited an official proclamation" , "Legally binding proclamation" , "Formal proclamation" , "Declaration" , "Official decree" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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