Cryptic crossword clue
Put up before court 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ERECT

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What does ERECT mean?

ERECT adjective
  1. Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.
  2. (of body parts) Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly, especially as the result of stimulation.
  3. (of a man) Having an erect penis
  4. Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.
  5. Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
  6. Watchful; alert.
  7. Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.
ERECT verb
  1. To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts.
  2. To cause to stand up or out.
  3. To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.
  4. To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
  5. To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
  6. To cast or draw up (a figure of the heavens, horoscope etc.).
  7. To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, etc.
  8. To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.

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