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Person in court's simple dispute (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

plaintiff

'person in court's' is the definition.

'simple dispute' is the wordplay.
'simple' becomes 'plain' (synonyms).
'dispute' becomes 'tiff' (tiff is a kind of dispute).
'plain'+'tiff'='PLAINTIFF'

(Other definitions for plaintiff that I've seen before include "The one taking the court action" , "Person bringing a court case" , "Temporary disappearances of a heavenly body" , "Person bringing a civil action in a court of law" , "one in suit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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