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Get rid of European judge over English court (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eject

'get rid of' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'european judge over english court' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'judge' becomes 'j'.
'over' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'court' becomes 'ct'.
'e'+'j'+'e'+'ct'='EJECT'

(Other definitions for eject that I've seen before include "Drive out" , "Bail out" , "Dismiss" , "Discharge; evacuate" , "DVD player button" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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