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To exile is not in the legal procedure (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

outlaw

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'to exile' is the definition.
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'not in the legal procedure' is the wordplay.
'not in' becomes 'out' ('out' is the opposite to 'in').
'the legal procedure' becomes 'law' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'out'+'law'='OUTLAW'

'is' is the link.

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(Other definitions for outlaw that I've seen before include "Criminal, bandit" , "Ban; fugitive" , "Ban, prohibit by legislation" , "bar" , "Declare illegal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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