Finding of court going against Italian composer (7)

I believe the answer is:

verdict

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'finding' is the definition.
(I know that verdict is a type of finding)

'court going against italian composer' is the wordplay.
'court going' becomes 'ct' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'against' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'italian composer' becomes 'verdi' (Giuseppe Verdi c8c3-c90c).
'ct' after 'verdi' is 'VERDICT'.

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for verdict that I've seen before include "Decision of a jury" , "The findings of a jury" , "Trial result" , "Adjudication" , "where this is delivered" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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