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Make division time stand up before court (7)

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I believe the answer is:

trisect

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'make division time stand up before court' is the definition.
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'time stand up before court' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'stand up' becomes 'rise' (synonyms).
'before' says to put letters next to each other.
'court' becomes 'ct'.
't'+'rise'+'ct'='TRISECT'

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(Other definitions for trisect that I've seen before include "breakaway group after sound test" , "Cut into three pieces" , "cut into thirds" , "Cut into three parts" , "Divide into three equal parts" .)

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