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Stop at a certain point in a case (5)

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I believe the answer is:

cease

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'stop' is the definition.
(I know that stop can be written as cease)

'a certain point in a case' is the wordplay.
'a certain point' becomes 'e' (compass point. I am not sure about the 'certain' bit.).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'e' put within 'case' is 'CEASE'.

'at' is the link.

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(Other definitions for cease that I've seen before include "Discontinue" , "Desist" , "Political group" , "Culminate" , "Stop, terminate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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