Where one may buy drinks in court? (2,3,3)
I believe the answer is:
at the bar
'buy drinks in court?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.
'where one' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'one' could be 'the' (both can introduce a definite example of something) and 'the' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'atbar' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'may' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for at the bar that I've seen is " "Prisoner _______ "".)