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Fish bone inside loaf initially leads to court (8)

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I believe the answer is:

tribunal

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'court' is the definition.
(I know that court can be written as tribunal)

'fish bone inside loaf initially' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'bone' could be 'rib' (rib is a type of bone) and 'rib' is found in the answer.
'fish' could be 'tuna' (tuna is a type of fish) and 'tuna' is found in the remaining letters.
A single letter 'l' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'leads to' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for tribunal that I've seen before include "Judgement seat" , "Special investigation team constituted in brutal mode" , "Board of officers appointed to investigate and report on matters of public interest" , "Official board" , "Adjudication body" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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