Enter the dock and perjure oneself on trial (3,2)
I believe the answer is:
lie up
'enter' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are verbs in their base form.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'dock and perjure oneself on trial' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'perjure' could be 'lie' (I've seen this before) and 'lie' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'up' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'the' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lie up that I've seen before include "Stay in bed" , "out of commission" , "(Of ship) go into dock" , "Berth" .)