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Prisoner accepts a new church law (5)

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I believe the answer is:

canon

'church law' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'prisoner accepts a new' is the wordplay.
'prisoner' becomes 'con' (abbreviation for 'convict').
'accepts' is an insertion indicator.
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'a'+'n'='an'
'con' enclosing 'an' is 'CANON'.

(Other definitions for canon that I've seen before include "Part of chapter" , "Such literary works are genuine" , "General rule; clergyman" , "Body of generally established principles for a given context" , "priest for cathedral duties" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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