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Moral rule put in French and in Latin here (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ethic

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'moral rule' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'in french and in latin here' is the wordplay.
'in french' becomes 'et' (I've seen this in other clues).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'in latin here' becomes 'hic' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'et'+'hic'='ETHIC'

'put' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for ethic that I've seen before include "Moral system" , "Moral code" , "set of morals" , "Code of principles" , "Moral value" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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