Put up before court after vacation (5)
I believe the answer is:
erect
'put up' is the definition.
(I know that put up can be written as erect)
'before court after vacation' is the wordplay.
'before' becomes 'ere' (poetic term for 'before').
'after vacation' suggests removing the centre (the inside letters must vacate).
'court' with its centre removed is 'ct'.
'ere'+'ct'='ERECT'
(Other definitions for erect that I've seen before include "Upright; put up" , "Build, put up" , "Upright or vertical" , "Rigidly upright" , "Upstanding" .)