Hardy hero bearing good figure in court (5)
I believe the answer is:
judge
'figure in court' is the definition.
'hardy hero bearing good' is the wordplay.
'hardy hero' becomes 'jude' (I've seen this before).
'bearing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'jude' enclosing 'g' is 'JUDGE'.
(Other definitions for judge that I've seen before include "Estimate" , "Adjuicator" , "Reckon" , "Form an opinion of" , "Adjudicator" .)