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Open dispute about Henry's deposition (9)

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I believe the answer is:

overthrow

'deposition' is the definition.
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'open dispute about henry's' is the wordplay.
'open' becomes 'overt' (synonyms).
'dispute' becomes 'row' (row is a kind of dispute).
'about' says to put letters next to each other.
'henry' becomes 'H' (symbol for the unit of electrical inductance).
'row' after 'h' is 'hrow'.
'overt'+'hrow'='OVERTHROW'

(Other definitions for overthrow that I've seen before include "Unseat" , "Bring down rulers" , "chance of another run" , "caused discomfiture" , "Trevor who? (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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