Kept appointment with fate in court (7)
I believe the answer is:
camelot
'court' is the definition.
(I know that Camelot is a court)
'kept appointment with fate' is the wordplay.
'kept appointment with' becomes 'came' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'fate' becomes 'lot' (synonyms).
'came'+'lot'='CAMELOT'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for camelot that I've seen before include "Idyllic place" , "King Arthur's town" , "King Arthur's kingdom - or JFK's" , "Place where King Arthur held court" , "Place of truth and beauty in Arthurian legend" .)