Figure there's time in city with regulation (7,3)
I believe the answer is:
statute law
'figure' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'there's time in city with regulation' is the wordplay.
'there's' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'city with' becomes 'statue' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'regulation' becomes 'law' (I've seen this in another clue).
't' going inside 'statue' is 'statute'.
'statute'+'law' is 'STATUTE-LAW'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for statute law that I've seen before include "output of 11 [LAWMAKER] ?" , "Legislation enacted by Parliament" , "Body of rules" .)