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Whether court case imprisons four or six, it's insignificant (7)

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I believe the answer is:

trivial

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'insignificant' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'whether court case imprisons four or six' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'four' could be 'iv' (Roman numerals) and 'iv' is found within the answer.
'court' could be 'trial' (trial court is a kind of court) and 'trial' is found within the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'it's' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for trivial that I've seen before include "Piddling" , "Banal" , "not significant" , "Quite unimportant and paltry" , "Frivolous" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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