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PC in peril breaking law (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

principle

'law' is the definition.
(I know that principle is a type of law)

'pc in peril breaking' is the wordplay.
'breaking' indicates anagramming the letters.
'pc'+'in'+'peril'='pcinperil'
'pcinperil' is an anagram of 'PRINCIPLE'.

(Other definitions for principle that I've seen before include "General guiding rule" , "Law of nature, rule of conduct" , "In which, theoretically" , "Rule of personal conduct" , "Tenet" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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