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Rows in judicial buildings - good manners needed (11)

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I believe the answer is:

courtliness

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'buildings good manners needed' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'rows in judicial' is the wordplay.
'rows' becomes 'lines' (I've seen this in another clue).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'judicial' becomes 'courts' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'lines' put into 'courts' is 'COURTLINESS'.

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