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One's served porridge, perhaps (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sentence

I believe this clue is a double definition.

'one's served' is the first definition.
(a prison sentence is served)

'porridge perhaps' is the second definition.
(porridge can mean a prison sentence)

(Other definitions for sentence that I've seen before include "Group of words with verb" , "Written" , "Pass judgement on" , "Court decision on a grammatical structure" , "Unit of writing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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