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... outlaw tried in special court (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

interdict

'outlaw' is the definition.
(I know that outlaw is a more specific form of the action interdict)

'tried in special court' is the wordplay.
'special' is an anagram indicator.
'court' becomes 'ct' (abbreviation used in road names).
'tried'+'in'='triedin'
'triedin' with letters rearranged gives 'interdi'.
'interdi'+'ct'='INTERDICT'

(Other definitions for interdict that I've seen before include "Decree" , "An authoritative prohibition, maybe by church" , "Prohibit - tin credit (anag)" , "Ban" , "Credit tin (anag) - ecclesiastical sanction" .)

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