Pretence contrived to trap daughter, for example (9)
I believe the answer is:
precedent
'example' is the definition.
(precedent is a kind of example)
'pretence contrived to trap daughter' is the wordplay.
'contrived' indicates anagramming the letters.
'to trap' indicates putting letters inside.
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'pretence' anagrammed gives 'preceent'.
'preceent' placed around 'd' is 'PRECEDENT'.
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for precedent that I've seen before include "Earlier parallel event" , "Going before" , "Previous case cited in court" , "Past instance serving as example" , "Example to follow" .)