Garlanded girl secures points of law (10)
I believe the answer is:
legalities
'points of law' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both human attributes as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'garlanded girl secures' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'girl' could be 'gal' and 'gal' is located in the answer.
'secures' could be 'ties' (tying is a kind of securing) and 'ties' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'lei' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
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