Cryptic crossword clue
Challenges in courts, set on overthrowing 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word CONTESTS

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What does CONTESTS mean?

CONTESTS noun
  1. Controversy; debate.
  2. Struggle for superiority; combat.
  3. A competition.
CONTESTS verb
  1. To contend.
  2. To call into question; to oppose.
  3. To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.
  4. To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law.

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