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Threats to peace from law as yet without weight (4,2,3)

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I believe the answer is:

acts of war

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'threats to peace' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'law as yet without weight' is the wordplay.
'law' becomes 'act' (I've seen this in another clue).
'as yet' becomes 'sofar' (I've seen this in another clue).
'without' indicates putting letters inside ('without' can be similar in meaning to 'outside').
'weight' becomes 'w' (short for weight).
'sofar' enclosing 'w' is 'sofwar'.
'act'+'sofwar'='ACTS OF WAR'

'from' is the link.

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(Another definition for acts of war that I've seen is " Hostile deeds".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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