Leading court figure (5,5)

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legal eagle

'leading court figure' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for legal eagle that I've seen before include "perhaps the best defence" , "Bright lawyer (colloq.)" , "Astute lawyer" , "Brief" .)

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