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Legal document settled a tiff David ultimately lost (9)

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I believe the answer is:

affidavit

'legal document' is the definition.
(affidavit is a kind of legal document)

'settled a tiff david ultimately lost' is the wordplay.
'settled' indicates anagramming the letters.
'ultimately lost' means to remove the last letter.
'a'+'tiff'+'david'='atiffdavid'
'atiffdavid' with its final letter taken away is 'atiffdavi'.
'atiffdavi' anagrammed gives 'AFFIDAVIT'.

(Other definitions for affidavit that I've seen before include "Written evidence" , "Declaration before notary" , "Sworn court statement" , "legal document" , "Sworn statement for legal purposes" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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