Flaw in trial ordered in case of felony (7)
I believe the answer is:
frailty
'flaw' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'trial ordered in case of felony' is the wordplay.
'ordered' indicates an anagram.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'case of' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (outsides of).
'felony' with its centre removed is 'fy'.
'trial' anagrammed gives 'railt'.
'railt' placed inside 'fy' is 'FRAILTY'.
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for frailty that I've seen before include "Debility, feebleness" , "Weakness" , "Shakespeare: '. . . . . . ., thy name is woman!'" , "Weak state, moral or physical" , "Its name is woman (Hamlet)" .)