Male criminal in resting place in court (7)
I believe the answer is:
camelot
'court' is the definition.
(I know that Camelot is a court)
'male criminal in resting place' is the wordplay.
'criminal' is an anagram indicator.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'resting place' becomes 'cot' (I've seen this in another clue).
'male' is an anagram of 'amel'.
'amel' going inside 'cot' is 'CAMELOT'.
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for camelot that I've seen before include "the Kennedy era" , "Fabulous city" , "Mythical court" , "romantic place" , "Where truth, goodness and beauty reigned, according to Arthurian legend" .)