Law broken by government after a day to decide (7)
I believe the answer is:
adjudge
'decide' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'law broken by government after a day' is the wordplay.
'law' becomes 'jude' (actor Jude Law).
'broken by' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters break into the word).
'government' becomes 'g' (abbreviation for government).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'day' becomes 'd' (abbreviation for day).
'jude' going around 'g' is 'judge'.
'a'+'d'='ad'
'judge' after 'ad' is 'ADJUDGE'.
'to' is the link.
(Other definitions for adjudge that I've seen before include "Give verdict" , "Decree" , "Decide formally" , "Decide or award judicially" , "Value" .)