Is taken to court but discharged (6)
I believe the answer is:
issued
'discharged' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to change as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'is taken to court' is the wordplay.
'taken to court' becomes 'sued' (to sue someone is to take them to court).
'is'+'sued'='ISSUED'
'but' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for issued that I've seen before include "Published, brought out" , "Published, put out" , "Turned out" , "Put out (a publication)" , "Published and came forth" .)