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New bill about ultimate justice, a legal consideration (5)

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I believe the answer is:

libel

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'a legal consideration' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
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'new bill about ultimate justice' is the wordplay.
'new' indicates anagramming the letters.
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'ultimate' indicates one should take the final letters.
The last letter of 'justice' is 'e'.
'bill' with letters rearranged gives 'libl'.
'libl' going around 'e' is 'LIBEL'.

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(Other definitions for libel that I've seen before include "Written defamation" , "Offence" , "False and malicious publication to defame" , "Actionable words" , "Crime of publishing false statement that damages reputation" .)

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