Cryptic crossword clue
Old courts using Anglo-Saxon measurements 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ASSIZES

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The straight part
We know that "Old courts" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case old courts = assizes.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ASSIZES mean?

ASSIZES noun
  1. A session or inquiry made before a court or jury.
  2. The verdict reached or pronouncement given by a panel of jurors.
  3. An assembly of knights and other substantial men, with a bailiff or justice, in a certain place and at a certain time, for public business.
  4. A statute or ordinance, especially one regulating weights and measures.
  5. Anything fixed or reduced to a certainty in point of time, number, quantity, quality, weight, measure, etc.
  6. Measure; dimension; size.
ASSIZES noun
  1. A trial or hearing before such a court.

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